President heading to Bolivia today as per some media reports. Will a UL metal will fly to Central America too with him?

Anyway he mostly taking UL with him for most of his entourages. Sadly It's not good for UL which is still terribly making losses and UL is short of aircraft as 4R-ALG is not in service for more than two weeks - not sure why. In my opinion, Sri Lanka Air Force has to get one A319 for the president's entourages.

4R-ADE left to Bolivia at 1700hrs IST via South Africa
A319CJ is too small for his highness ego and his entourage. When His Highness leaves on a foreign jaunt; UL management reserves a stand by aircraft. So today stand by aircraft was UL flight to Doha...so it is delayed till midnight IST. last time when they did not have a stand by aircraft and his aircraft had technical issue few were sent home...very sad

it appears UL has sold 2 slots in LHR

4R-ALG is not in service for more than two weeks - not sure why.

ADE Reached capetown but seems it is still there for nearly four hours now .....

It's in the B747 hangar...

Hii guys !! Sri Lankan Airbus A330-300 aircraft delivery schedule from 4R AIB is as follows.

First is 4R-AIB ..

A330-300 Aircraft 10/2014
A330-300 Aircraft 12/2014
A330-300 Aircraft 02/2015
A330-300 Aircraft 07/2015
A330-300 Aircraft 09/2015
A330-300 Aircraft 10/2015

(Not sure with the Dates)

4R-AIB msn 1564 oct14
4R-AIC msn 1583 dec14
4R-AID msn 1607 feb15

others not yet known. Season greetings Chris

According to Airbus Production List, A330-343E - MSN1650 and MSN1853 are also planned for SriLankan. Looking forward to know the seat configuration of these metals.

According to Airbus Production List, A330-343E - MSN1650 and MSN1853 are also planned for SriLankan. Looking forward to know the seat configuration of these metals.

According to Airbus Production List, A330-343E - MSN1650 and MSN1853 are also planned for SriLankan. Looking forward to know the seat configuration of these metals.

are there any chances for a 3-class layout????

Surely not?? Why confuse things further... stick to 2-class IMO

I rate the article as pure propaganda - lots of vague promises with no substance.

I've been hearing this "X years to profitability" crap since the GOSL took over the airline. Funny thing is that the year this will happen keeps changing. I think 2012 was the first target year. What is is now - 2019?

The increasing losses are cold hard facts.

I see there is also no mention where the money for all of this is going to come from - they still need almost Rs20,000,000/day just to keep operating.....

The whole "New Aircraft/Fuel efficiency = profits" argument is also very misleading. The whole argument is a myth.

Used A340 lease is anywhere from $150,000/month*- $500,000/month* depending on the aircraft.
New A330-300 lease price is around $900,000/month*
New A350 lease will be over $1,000,000/month*

*Lease rates are approximate - I am not in the aircraft leasing business but I do have an idea what sort of figures are involved.

While the newer aircraft are more fuel efficient they are also a great deal more expensive to lease. You've decreased one cost (fuel) but increased another (leasing costs). It isn't a case of "Instant profits". $500,000 buys a lot of fuel!

Without detailed financial information it is impossible to say what will happen with the introduction of newer aircraft.

All the more reason for an Independant Financial Audit - this will give an accurate picture of what to expect.

Civil Aviation Minister Priyankara Jayaratne has appointed a four-member committee to identify shortcomings in the National carrier SriLankan Airlines and suggest recommendations needed to overcome them while establishing it a profitable venture.

http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/fou...tional-carrier