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Originally posted by Serendib View Posthttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/13310053.cms
International Airport Status for Madurai granted?
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Originally posted by Serendib View Posthttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/13310053.cms
International Airport Status for Madurai granted?Originally posted by Max View Post
But, international aircrafts are possible with the existing infra like A320s are very much suited for Madurai airport (Present runway length is 7500 ft long) and terminal could handle 500 people at a time. Customs officers are already in place. Only thing is flight service is not there which is expected to be commenced by SpiceJet (We didn't see Mihin Lanka or SriLankan airlines applied using our RTI Act in India).
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Aerosvit Changes to W12 Kiev – Colombo Operation
by JL
Update at 1000GMT 18MAY12
Aerosvit starting 28OCT12 once again will operate Kiev – Colombo winter seasonal service, however operation to is scheduled to be twice a week for entire winter.
In Winter 2011/12, the airline operated this route 2 to 3 times a week, pending on the week of operation.
Schedule effective 28OCT12:
VV175 KBP1500 – 0310+1CMB 763 36
VV176 CMB0440 – 1010KBP 763 47
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Originally posted by Banuthev View PostCurrently UL focuses only on increasing the number of flights to existing destinations in Asia where UL can make profit. E.g. From July 2012, flights to China, Japan and Thailand to be increased and A343 service to European flights will be reduced inorder to increase more capacity on profit making Asian flights.
To cut down the double landing charges, handling costs and fuel costs, UL has delinked the DXB-KWI and KUL-SIN routes where UL now operating the daily terminator flights. UL is not interested in Toronto but there are possibilities to launch flights to Seoul in 2013.
"" SriLankan Airlines will launch flights to South Korea from November this year. UL plans to operate three flights a week. these flights would have a stop over in Bangkok. “The airline is on a mammoth expansion plan and we are looking at adding new destinations and increasing frequencies, "
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Originally posted by skyline View PostDoes anyone have Srilankan airlines ICN flight schedule???
"" SriLankan Airlines will launch flights to South Korea from November this year. UL plans to operate three flights a week. these flights would have a stop over in Bangkok. “The airline is on a mammoth expansion plan and we are looking at adding new destinations and increasing frequencies, "
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Originally posted by uthum View PostI don't think it's a good idea for the flights to ICN to have a stop in BKK. BKK-ICN is one one of the most competitive routes in Asia. 11 airlines, including Asiana, Korean Air, Thai and some other LCCs operate over 12 flights a day. UL will have do many things to attract passengers, such as having Korean speaking flight attenders on board and serving better food.
Also CMB-ICN via SIN will be better.
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Originally posted by uthum View PostI don't think it's a good idea for the flights to ICN to have a stop in BKK. BKK-ICN is one one of the most competitive routes in Asia. 11 airlines, including Asiana, Korean Air, Thai and some other LCCs operate over 12 flights a day. UL will have do many things to attract passengers, such as having Korean speaking flight attenders on board and serving better food.
Colombo to Bangkok Flight Schedule for July - October 2012
01:25 - 06:25 - UL888 - EQV - CMB-BKK-PEK - WE.FR.SU.
01.25 - 06:25 - UL886 - EQV - CMB-BKK-PVG - MO.TU.TH.SA.
07:10 - 12:10 - UL882 - EQV - CMB-BKK-CAN - TU.WE.FR.SU.
07:20 - 12:15 - UL422 - EQV - CMB-BKK-HKG - MO.TH.SA.
14:20 - 19:20 - UL896 - EQV - CMB-BKK-PVG - TU.TH.SA.
14:20 - 19:20 - UL898 - EQV - CMB-BKK-PEK - MO.WE.FR.SU.
EQV - Operate by A332 or A343
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Mihin Lanka increases its flight frequencies
Minister of Civil Aviation, Piyankara Jayaratne states Mihin Lanka has made arrangements to increase its flight frequencies to serve people with utmost dedication.
The flight frequencies to Sharjah have been increased to three with effect from March while flights frequencies to Jakarta has increased to four. The measure are afoot to obtain the approval to commence two destinations up to Philippines, Minister said.
Speaking further he said that flights frequencies to Bangladesh have already been increased to six and the current fleet of Mihin Lanka would also be increased to 3.
More plans are drawn to commence new destinations to Bahrain, Madurai, Kathmandu and Myanmar while flight frequencies to Jakarta to increase to 7.
Mihin Lanka, which started its operations in April 2007, flies to Dubai, Boddh Gaya, Tiruchirapalli, Varanasi, Kuwait, Maldives, Jakarta, Sharjah, Bangkok, Trivandrum, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Kochi, Chennai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Some of the flights are on a code-share basis with Sri Lankan Airlines.
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Originally posted by SSCMadurai View PostGuys can anyone confirm on the recent developments on Mihin's Madurai plans. This story has been going on for a while. No progress in that(atleast it seems). Every now and then we are seeing some report like the one posted above.
1. Do somebody have contacts with SriLankan MoCA (Ministry of Civil Aviation) and could confirm whether they applied for flying rights in CMB-IXM sector?
2. Or any contacts in Colombo airport that could confirm whether SpiceJet approached the Airport Director/Controller for filing schedule or slots?
(We confirmed the procedure of an airline procuring flying rights using a media report in the last passage of the report in the below link :
http://www.business-standard.com/ind...abroad/474815/ )
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Most routes can be made profitable if a proper fleet management-route structuring-crew paring is studied. Inchon will be a good move with many srilankans migrating for work to Korea. How well UL will handle the route is a "wait and see". On some "previously lucrative routes" UL is now losing money. Fingers crossed and hope for the best! Remember full house does not necessarily mean high yieldsAeronautical Association of Sri Lanka
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Currently the news going around is that UL will get an injection from the treasury. MJ is also latching on to UL for survival..no other choice with the CEO running massive bills on chosen luxuries MJ is also deeply in debt to various organizations. At one time (not sure if its still so) pilots had to carry cash for fuel etc as nobody was giving credit to MJ. In this scenario MJ too needs that injection to get another aircraft. Adding destinations is a good thing provided they have the resources to cope with the expansion of routes.Aeronautical Association of Sri Lanka
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