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  • #3091
    Originally posted by ecureilx View Post
    So, if it was me .. I would make the pilot do the test flight, post rectification

    Well .. in reality, maybe they covered it from the media, but can't cover it from the other safety boards / Airbus / Insurers .. or if they do, then wait for SL to get downgraded / blacklisted ..



    You can hide from media, but not from the people whom it matters ..

    Ah, wait, here it is ..

    http://avherald.com/h?article=465c7ef4&opt=0 (as quoted by CalgaryLankan .. )

    So my original information of it being a tail strike was correct.

    Where is Kflyer? Seriously is he employed by UL/the Government to spread misinformation?

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    • #3092
      Originally posted by LukeSkywalker View Post
      I wonder what spin our residential 'social media expert' will give now
      As soon as the resident social media junkie stepped it, I knew there was something fishy and his mere presence gave it all away!

      Sometimes the best PR presence is the mere absence.

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      • #3093
        Thai is downgrading Colombo service to Thai Smiles

        News | Routes
        http://airlineroute.net/2013/07/23/tg-cmb-aug13/
        Routes is the home of the world’s leading aviation network development conferences and events. Plus aviation news and features, and profiles of global airlines and airports.

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        • #3094
          Originally posted by Speedbird View Post
          Thai is downgrading Colombo service to Thai Smiles

          http://airlineroute.net/2013/07/23/tg-cmb-aug13/

          A320 no Business class TG gave v good offers on business class ...... Bad News But Still Chennai/Karachi They use 777/A333

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          • #3095
            Originally posted by Azamh View Post
            A320 no Business class TG gave v good offers on business class ...... Bad News But Still Chennai/Karachi They use 777/A333
            Thai smile are to introduce Business class, they are giving up LCC model.

            Originally posted by dilushasg-bdavi View Post
            i saw a few pics of some A343s leased by Pakistan's Airblue....................any idea who was their previous operators????
            Air Canada, Air Jamaica and Turkish Airlines, the aircraft belong to ILFC.

            Originally posted by Azamh View Post
            As per Amadeus and Galilelo The load factor seems to be very bad,
            Very low Yield Only from MLE there is a load factor but still its 55% Empty seats...
            Would BA 767 / 787 be better to CMB?

            Originally posted by Banuthev View Post
            ... I occasionally fly on Colombo-Karachi sector, so I know there are so many Pakistani students are transiting in Colombo for China flights ,,,,
            Air China fly Karachi-Chengdu and China Southern Islamabad-Urumqi so am surprised at the UL option for these students, is it fares?
            Last edited by newsflasher; 24-07-2013, 09:04 PM.

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            • #3096
              Originally posted by NeatStuff View Post
              So my original information of it being a tail strike was correct.

              Where is Kflyer? Seriously is he employed by UL/the Government...
              Yup and there are others as well

              Originally posted by Cayman View Post
              As soon as the resident social media junkie stepped it, I knew there was something fishy and his mere presence gave it all away!

              Sometimes the best PR presence is the mere absence.
              What can I say...GOSL/UL must be thinking that as they feed garbage to Sri Lankan residents they could do the same internationally, I would really want to know what were they (UL management and min of civil aviation) thinking...end of the day UL insurance premium will go up.

              it is very difficult to hold the genie in the bottle
              Last edited by Speedbird; 25-07-2013, 02:27 AM.

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              • #3097
                Originally posted by Speedbird View Post
                Thai is downgrading Colombo service to Thai Smiles

                http://airlineroute.net/2013/07/23/tg-cmb-aug13/
                Hmm... this means that they will be sending a smaller aircraft to CMB. I have once flown from BKK-CMB on Thai, onboard an A300, which I very much enjoyed. Recently, they have been sending A330s and 777-300s on this route. I wonder if they will increase the frequency of the route with the smaller plane? Currently TG only flies several times a week. They seem like they are now using ThaiSmiles for more regional routes throughout Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent. I wonder if this will be good for UL?

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                • #3098
                  Originally posted by sfernando34 View Post
                  Hmm... this means that they will be sending a smaller aircraft to CMB. I have once flown from BKK-CMB on Thai, onboard an A300, which I very much enjoyed. Recently, they have been sending A330s and 777-300s on this route. I wonder if they will increase the frequency of the route with the smaller plane? Currently TG only flies several times a week. They seem like they are now using ThaiSmiles for more regional routes throughout Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent. I wonder if this will be good for UL?
                  Actually the current trend in the Middle East and Asia is to promote frequency, hence the use of smaller aircrafts with daily frequency rather than wide bodies operating 2-3 times a week. This is a sign of a maturing traveler base whose lifestyle is becoming more sophisticated.

                  Gone are the days when people made travel decisions months in advance (even for VFR) and stuck with those plans. Now the decisions are made impromptu and dates change as they go by, hence the need for daily flights.

                  We saw this fragmentation taking place in the US in the late 80s and early 90 resulting in their domestic operations (including transcon) almost completely taken over by the narrow bodies and regional jets / props.

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                  • #3099
                    Originally posted by CalgaryLankan View Post
                    Aviation Herald reporting 4R-ADA and it looks like Simon picked it from French BEA weekly report which is reporting this incident for some reason.

                    http://avherald.com/h?article=465c7ef4&opt=0
                    Well they are cannibalizing the parts. They took off the PAC of DA to replace another PAC in DL if I'm not mistaken. And one of the engines are also removed, to replace an engine of DG I think. It's still hanging in there, I see people working in it in the hangar. Mostly on the bulk cargo since that's where it suffered the "bulk" of the damage.

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                    • #3100
                      Originally posted by Speedbird View Post
                      Thai is downgrading Colombo service to Thai Smiles

                      http://airlineroute.net/2013/07/23/tg-cmb-aug13/
                      the first airline i ever flew on was THAI from Colombo-Bangkok on an A300 in 1999

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                      • #3101
                        regarding the 4R-ADA a/c incident its out on the sunday times broadsheet today...just read it in the morning, plus another UL a/c which took off from AUH, AUH airport warned of a possible puncture when the a/c would land at CMB coz debris was found on the AUH runway after UL took off, but when it landed at BIA, nothing as such was reported as in it landed safely. All this in the article today morning....XD

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                        • #3102
                          SriLankan flight damaged while landing at BIA | The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka
                          http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130728/news/srilankan-flight-damaged-while-landing-at-bia-54874.html
                          An incident where a SriLankan Airline aircraft was damaged while landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) last week is being probed, Civil


                          Here is the sunday times article.

                          Funny how they say last week when it happend during the first week of the month.

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                          • #3103
                            Sunday times on Mihin getting new aircraft: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130728/new...aft-54894.html

                            The loss-making Mihin Lanka is negotiating with the Treasury to buy three new aircraft, including a Boeing, on lease, the airline’s chairman Nishantha Wickremesinghe said yesterday. “We have to compete with other international airlines. Therefore we should have a young fleet. We are negotiating with the Treasury to obtain financial assistance for the lease,” Mr. Wickremesinghe told the Sunday Times. He said the airline’s present fleet comprised three aging aircraft which needed to be replaced. Mr. Wickremesinghe said he would not be able to comment about the amount involved as talks with the manufacturers were still going on. Losses of Mihin Lanka increased by almost two fold to Rs 1.9 billion in 2011/2012 in comparison to 2010/2011.

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                            • #3104
                              Originally posted by NeatStuff View Post
                              Sunday times on Mihin getting new aircraft: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130728/new...aft-54894.html

                              The loss-making Mihin Lanka is negotiating with the Treasury to buy three new aircraft, including a Boeing, on lease, the airline’s chairman Nishantha Wickremesinghe said yesterday. “We have to compete with other international airlines. Therefore we should have a young fleet. We are negotiating with the Treasury to obtain financial assistance for the lease,” Mr. Wickremesinghe told the Sunday Times. He said the airline’s present fleet comprised three aging aircraft which needed to be replaced. Mr. Wickremesinghe said he would not be able to comment about the amount involved as talks with the manufacturers were still going on. Losses of Mihin Lanka increased by almost two fold to Rs 1.9 billion in 2011/2012 in comparison to 2010/2011.
                              hmmm, wonder why they are going with boeing... then they have tyo hire new pilots who are trained for boeing??? what with Jetstar Sri Lanka ?? any updates??
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                              • #3105
                                Originally posted by NeatStuff View Post
                                Sunday times on Mihin getting new aircraft: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130728/new...aft-54894.html

                                The loss-making Mihin Lanka is negotiating with the Treasury to buy three new aircraft, including a Boeing, on lease, the airline’s chairman Nishantha Wickremesinghe said yesterday. “We have to compete with other international airlines. Therefore we should have a young fleet. We are negotiating with the Treasury to obtain financial assistance for the lease,” Mr. Wickremesinghe told the Sunday Times. He said the airline’s present fleet comprised three aging aircraft which needed to be replaced. Mr. Wickremesinghe said he would not be able to comment about the amount involved as talks with the manufacturers were still going on. Losses of Mihin Lanka increased by almost two fold to Rs 1.9 billion in 2011/2012 in comparison to 2010/2011.
                                Boeing 737-700s would be nice

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