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**Cayman** · 12-08-2016, 06:18 PM

Originally posted by TheF15Ace View Post

As per http://www.srilankan.com/en/flying-with-us/fleet 4R-ALO/P/Q/R are the 242t MTOW version. I'm glad that these are the ones that'll stay in the fleet.

Thanks!

Good news indeed, if accurate.

And the lower MTOW version makes sense for PK, as their mission block time is going to be just under 8 hrs.

**banuthev** · 12-08-2016, 08:15 PM

Mihin Lanka to disappear?

The government of Sri Lanka has extended the deadline for foreign entities to submit their Expressions of Interest (EOI) for SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo Int'l) and Mihin Lanka (MJ, Colombo Int'l) from August 24, to August 31.

In a statement, the government said the week-long extension had been brought about following a request from four interested firms. The firms said their internal policy decision-making processes did not allow them enough time to make the original submission date.

”We extended the EOIs’ closing date till end of this month. By about end of September to October we’ll be collecting the EOIs. Once we go through them, we aim to have serious discussions with the potential partners by January next year,” Eran Wickramaratne, Deputy Minister Public Enterprise Development, told the Business Times.

Each submission must be accompanied by a non-refundable deposit of USD5,000. BNP Paribas and KPMG have been appointed financial and transaction advisers.

Despite previous denials to the contrary, government has now said it will proceed with the merger of Mihin Lanka into SriLankan Airlines later this year.

Public Enterprises Development Minister Kabir Hashim told The Daily News last month that despite the two carriers' differing philosophies - one a traditional full-service national carrier with the other a hybrid LCC - the merger would have to occur in order to cut down soaring costs.

Mihin Lanka's route allocations will also compliment SriLankan's new business plan which is geared towards regional expansion as opposed to longhaul growth.

“Mihin Lanka has some important routes like to Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta and Dhaka, Bangladesh and we want to retain them," he said. "We will ask SriLankan Airlines to service these routes after the merger.”

Mihin Lanka operates one A319-100, one A320-200, and two A321-200s on regular flights to fourteen destinations in eight other countries including: Bahrain, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Seychelles, Maldives, and Oman.

Sri Lanka extends EOI deadline, LCC Mihin Lanka to disappear

http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/48469-sri-lanka-extends-eoi-deadline-lcc-mihin-lanka-to-disappear

The government of Sri Lanka has extended the deadline for foreign entities to submit their Expressions of Interest (EOI) for SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo International) and Mihin Lanka (Colombo International) from August 24, to August 31. In a statement, the government said the week-long extension had been brought about following a request from four interested firms. The firms said their internal policy decision-making processes did not allow them enough time to make the original submission date. ”We extended the EOIs’ closing date till end of this month. By about end of September to October we’ll be collecting the EOIs. Once we go through them, we aim to have serious discussions with the potential partners by January next year,” Eran Wickramaratne, Deputy Minister Public Enterprise Development, told the Business Times. Each submission must be accompanied by a non-refundable deposit of USD5,000. BNP Paribas and KPMG have been appointed financial and transaction advisers. Despite previous denials to the contrary, government has now said it will proceed with the merger of Mihin Lanka into SriLankan Airlines later this year. Public Enterprises Development Minister Kabir Hashim told The Daily News last month that despite the two carriers' differing philosophies - one a traditional full-service national carrier with the other a hybrid LCC - the merger would have to occur in order to cut down soaring costs. Mihin Lanka's route allocations will also compliment SriLankan's new business plan which is geared towards regional expansion as opposed to longhaul growth. “Mihin Lanka has some important routes like to Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta and Dhaka, Bangladesh and we want to retain them," he said. "We will ask SriLankan Airlines to service these routes after the merger.” Mihin Lanka operates one A319-100, one A320-200, and two A321-200s on regular flights to fourteen destinations in eight other countries including: Bahrain, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Seychelles, Maldives, and Oman.

**banuthev** · 12-08-2016, 08:24 PM

SriLankan Airlines Chairman Ajith Dias speaks out

Business leader and SriLankan Airlines Chairman Ajith Dias in an exclusive interview with the Daily FT speaks about his appointment, the performance of the National Carrier, recent decisions made, its challenges and the future. He also responds to some of the allegations against him and the National Carrier. Here are excerpts: -

See more at: http://www.ft.lk/article/560614/SriL....1vl8zpDf.dpuf

**banuthev** · 12-08-2016, 09:54 PM

SriLankan Airlines Network Update for Winter 2016

Colombo Airport runway is going to be closed for Resurfacing work from 6-Jan-2017 to 06-Apr-2017 between 08:30am and 04:30pm;
SriLankan to reduce Guangzhou flights from Daily to 4 weekly effective Nov 2016. 3 of the Nonstop flights between CMB & CAN are going to be cancelled;
SriLankan have rescheduled the flights to BKK, DEL, KHI, KUL, LHR, PEK, PVG, SIN from Jan to Apr due to CMB Runway Resurfacing work;
SriLankan still in the process of resheduling the rest of the flights due to CMB Runway Resurfacing work;
SriLankan flights to Paris and Frankfurt have been cancelled from end of Oct 2016;
SriLankan current fleet as per 12-Aug-2016 : 6XA320, 2XA321, 6XA332, 6XA333;

Here are the adjusted UL flights for period Jan-Apr 2017

CMB-BKK - 23:30 - 04:25 - UL1402 - A321 - DAILY
CMB-DEL - 08:15 - 11:50 - UL1195 - A321 - DAILY
CMB-KHI - 19:25 - 22:20 - UL1183 - A320 - DAILY
CMB-KUL - 23:30 - 05:45 - UL1318 - A320 - DAILY
CMB-LHR - 08:20 - 14:40 - UL1503 - A333 - DAILY
CMB-PEK - 08:00 - 17:30 - UL#868 - A333 - 1356
CMB-PVG - 08:00 - 16:55 - UL#866 - A333 - 1345
CMB-SIN - 19:45 - 02:15 - UL1306 - A321 - DAILY

BKK-CMB - 05:25 - 07:20 - UL1403 - A321 - DAILY
DEL-CMB - 13:45 - 17:20 - UL1196 - A321 - DAILY
KHI-CMB - 01:20 - 05:10 - UL1184 - A320 - DAILY
KUL-CMB - 06:45 - 07:45 - UL1319 - A320 - DAILY
LHR-CMB - 22:10 - 16:35 - UL1504 - A333 - DAILY
PEK-CMB - 00:20 - 05:45 - UL#869 - A333 - 2467
PVG-CMB - 00:20 - 05:45 - UL#867 - A333 - 2456
SIN-CMB - 03:35 - 04:55 - UL1307 - A321 - DAILY

more changes are to come..

**Cayman** · 12-08-2016, 10:17 PM

Originally posted by banuthev View Post

[*]SriLankan to reduce Guangzhou flights from Daily to 4 weekly effective Nov 2016. 3 of the Nonstop flights are going to be cancelled;

Is this a temporary reduction due to runway closure or a permanent move?

I thought UL were doing well on this route.

**banuthev** · 12-08-2016, 10:24 PM

Originally posted by Cayman View Post

Is this a temporary reduction due to runway closure or a permanent move?

I thought UL were doing well on this route.

Runway maintenance is from Jan 2017 to Apr 2017. Why do they have to reduced the CAN flights from Nov 2016? I think it's a permanent move due to shortage of aircraft.

Another bad news ! Mihin Lanka is operating last flight to Lahore on 19-Sep ! I think SriLankan should take over the Lahore from Mihin Lanka. I heard from reliable sources Mihin Lanka have average 95% pax load on Colombo-Lahore-Colombo route.

**ULA340** · 13-08-2016, 01:32 PM

Originally posted by banuthev View Post

Runway maintenance is from Jan 2017 to Apr 2017. Why do they have to reduced the CAN flights from Nov 2016? I think it's a permanent move due to shortage of aircraft.

Another bad news ! Mihin Lanka is operating last flight to Lahore on 19-Sep ! I think SriLankan should take over the Lahore from Mihin Lanka. I heard from reliable sources Mihin Lanka have average 95% pax load on Colombo-Lahore-Colombo route.

What the hell is going on here. RIP Srilankan. That's all I could say. I've switched to other carriers (except india).

**LankaFlyer** · 13-08-2016, 01:33 PM

Originally posted by banuthev View Post

Runway maintenance is from Jan 2017 to Apr 2017. Why do they have to reduced the CAN flights from Nov 2016? I think it's a permanent move due to shortage of aircraft.

Another bad news ! Mihin Lanka is operating last flight to Lahore on 19-Sep ! I think SriLankan should take over the Lahore from Mihin Lanka. I heard from reliable sources Mihin Lanka have average 95% pax load on Colombo-Lahore-Colombo route.

Normally MJ185 CMB- LHE is full.wonder why are they going to cancelled it??

**dilushasg-bdavi** · 13-08-2016, 06:04 PM

wants to be a regional airline and expand flights to asian destinations and then cuts down existing profitable regional and asian routes

Current UL management for you. At this rate Druk Air, Maldivian and Nepal Airlines will be larger carriers than UL.

**TheF15Ace** · 13-08-2016, 07:15 PM

Originally posted by dilushasg-bdavi View Post

wants to be a regional airline and expand flights to asian destinations and then cuts down existing profitable regional and asian routes

Current UL management for you. At this rate Druk Air, Maldivian and Nepal Airlines will be larger carriers than UL.

At the current pace of cutting off revenue streams there might not be a UL for much longer. You notice how they keep getting rid of aircraft and axing routes but not a single politically appointed muppet has been shown the door yet. Corruption from the previous regime and lack of backbone from the current one will continue to sink this airline.

On another front Cramer and his little band of rebels continue to give management the finger:

SriLankan Airlines' Flight To London Operates Without Headsets; Passengers' Claims Exceed 53,000 Pounds - Colombo Telegraph

https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/srilankan-airlines-flight-to-london-operates-without-headsets-passengers-claims-exceed-53000-pounds/

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Only in Sri Lanka would idiots like this not be terminated immediately. I'm just happy that some FAs are atleast trying to kick these fools out.

**Srilankan1** · 13-08-2016, 09:00 PM

Originally posted by dilushasg-bdavi View Post

wants to be a regional airline and expand flights to asian destinations and then cuts down existing profitable regional and asian routes

Current UL management for you. At this rate Druk Air, Maldivian and Nepal Airlines will be larger carriers than UL.

So what? main thing is to make profits again tham sending 340 s to carry the Thief king around the world.

**banuthev** · 13-08-2016, 09:26 PM

Turkish Airlines, Hainan Airlines, ANA and Garuda are interested in managing SriLankan Airlines

Turkish Airlines and Garuda interested in SriLankan Airlines

By Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera
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Four airlines – Turkish Airlines, Hainan – China’s largest privately-owned air transport firm, Japan’s ANA and Indonesia’s Garuda Airlines – have shown interest in crisis-hit SriLankan Airlines which is looking for a partner, official source said. They also said BNP Paribas and KPMG appointed as transaction advisors in Sri Lankan Airlines’ quest to find a strategic partner have tapped a number of foreign airlines in creating an ‘appetite’ towards a partnership with the debt-ridden national carrier. ”The two agencies solicited certain parties by discussing with certain airlines in their data base/airlines that they work with,” a top official close to the restructuring of the national carrier told the Business Times.

He added that as both parties have international presence, they tapped these airlines to send in their Expressions of Interest (EOI). “They did their own solicitations and some were successful,” he said. NSB Fund Management (NSBFM), a unit of state-run National Saving Bank (NSB) and the lead managers to airline’s restructuring drive, said that while there’re eight EOI confirmed for the national carrier, two more are being finalised.NSB Chairman Asvin de Silva told the Business Times that a project management team under NSBFM has already received eight EOI and two are still being worked out.

The EOI timeline for the ‘reorientation’ of SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka has been extended by a week until August 31, as the ‘appetite’ for the EOI was encouraging, he said. ”We extended the EOI closing date till end of this month. By about end of September we’ll be collecting the EOIs. Once we go through them, we aim to shortlist the EOI and call the shortlisted parties to submit proposals,” he said adding after this they will get these parties to carry out a due diligence on the airline.

Turkish Airlines and Garuda interested in SriLankan Airlines | The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160814/business-times/turkish-airlines-and-garuda-interested-in-srilankan-airlines-204605.html

Four airlines – Turkish Airlines, Hainan - China's largest privately-owned air transport firm, Japan's ANA and Indonesia's Garuda Airlines - have shown

**Srilankan1** · 13-08-2016, 10:33 PM

Originally posted by banuthev View Post

Turkish Airlines, Hainan Airlines, ANA and Garuda are interested in managing SriLankan Airlines

what they can benifit from taking over UL??

**ejanson65** · 14-08-2016, 01:31 AM

Originally posted by Srilankan1 View Post

what they can benifit from taking over UL??

My thoughts exactly!

UL has zero economic value.

If I understand correctly GOSL wants to keep control whilst outsourcing the Management. Who is going to accept this?

There is no way to ever make this profitable - why would anyone continue to pour in money to keep things running?

The sooner UL is shut down the better for the people of Sri Lanka imho.

The Theft/Fraud/Corruption/Incompetence and Racketeering needs to end!

**dilushasg-bdavi** · 14-08-2016, 02:45 AM

Originally posted by Srilankan1 View Post

So what?

yeah so what? Look, the current UL management spokesman is here. But still SO WHAT, he can't understand logic. How can you be profitable by cutting down profitable routes with 90%+ demand on each flight (do you have an idea how well routes like CGK, LHE, DAC and BAH are performing?). Still so what ? you might not understand plain english

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