I totally agree with UL for selecting 4 weekly flights for CMB-KMG route because they must need to do better to compete with counterpart MU which is providing 3 weekly flights directly to CMB and then MLE. UL's KMG flight is targeting chinse tourists who are flying to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Also it's appears to be Sri Lanka has a good demand for cargo and business travel in Kunming since they have promoted at the trade fair in Yunnan province in June 2014. Also since SriLankan had increased more direct flights to China and the Maldives, China based airlines have reduced the operations to Male' due to fall in the passenger demand i.e. Shanghai Airlines, Air China, Sichuan Airlines etc.. doesn't fly to Male anymore. However Male' based Mega Maldives Airlines is a big threat for UL because Mega Maldives Airlines is linking direct flights from Male' with Beijing and Shanghai (Five weekly) and Hong Kong with two weekly onboard B757 and B767. I appreciate SriLankan for increasing more flights to China which is a profitable destination and it's a growing market. Also please note not many airlines connect Kunming from Europe, Middle East and South Asia. So SriLankan has to increase the presense at KMG for making Kunming travellers to transit via Colombo hub. I wish if they add Chengdu and African destinations to it's network. What's your opinion guys??

If i can recall it correctly SriLankan never operated a seasonal flight to Kunming and Chengdu in the past as how stated in SriLankan Airlines website. Correct me if i'm wrong. It's good UL loaded the KMG flights in Amadeus 2 months before the flight launch. I think UL has to start advertising the flights from now on.

@Sakith - Is UL's KMG flight a seasonal service? I can see KMG flight so far loaded only between 1st Dec 2014 and Mar 2015. Please confirm?

hmm well I guess his majesty likes a "super one" than a usual VVIP A319/320

I'm new to this forum. My understanding was that delays are increasingly being experienced in many other sectors as well. Isn't that so?

They are planning to resume CMB as well as other Subcontinent routes but no idea when.

Last week he went to USA and this week he was in Italy

Whats an Antonov plane doing in CMB? (3.23 mins)

No IFE on this A320?? :O

Anyone have an update on the arrival date of the new A333 or if the report re the VVIP cabin is true? If true, it would be an utter waste of money to fly around an empty VVIP cabin on most flights. Wouldn't be surprised if it was misreported and they are for example, converting an A340 to VVIP config (or converting one of UL's 320s into VVIP config and replacing it with a 321).

On a side note does anyone have access to the following site:

Anyone knows the status of SriLankan Airlines A330-200 4R-ALD, haven't seen it flying for quite some time. Is it getting new business class configuration and is it because of one missing aircraft not operating causing all the delays this week. My friend has flights from Colombo to Rome, and flight had over 5 hours delay both on Thursday and Saturday. What is with all the delays happening?

there is IFE, the seats shown are the ones near the exit doors - so IFE is in built.

heard that the VVIP kit might have been given on a complimentary basis by Airbus. And it can be installed and taken off when necessary. Is it true?

This is what I meant earlier. Many sectors are experiencing it and it's not necessarily connected with VVIP movements.

But it's true that on most of the dates mentioned here there were VVIP movements...

UL Cabin crew calling .........................

SriLankan seeks A321neo leases CAPA 6-Oct-2014 10:34 AM

SriLankan Airlines reportedly plans to lease between two and three A321neos as part of its fleet modernisation (Airline Route, 02-Oct-2014). The carrier is looking to replace its narrowbody fleet as part of its fleet overhaul. According to the CAPA Fleet Database, the carrier has an average fleet age of 11.4 years.

AN124 came to take the SLAF equipment to South Africa Mi 17s, trucks etc.. Please find the discussion regarding this from Plane Spotting thread : http://www.airsrilanka.org/showthrea...ull=1#post8743