A 332 are old and this means customer service is going to get deteriorated. Can UL manage their existing routes after leasing out 3- A333.

True, but then the same question goes to us too. I highly doubt that passengers will find a comfortable flight on the A330-200 than the A330-300. I still can't understand why they need to lease out 3 new aircraft to another owner.

All the A32X NEOs (msn. 8100 - 8200) have already been assembled except UL's msn 8106 which is lying down outside the factory as pieces of fuselage sections. What is the special delay for UL's airframe?

Good point! I wonder how UL is going to manage the operation after leasing out 3 x A333s. On the other hand 3 x A32x also being returned back to the lessor in 2018, according to UL's CEO.

Govt. to operate SriLankan on 51-49 equity partnership
2018-03-23 04:22:03

The government is prepared to grant 49 percent of the equity of SriLankan airlines together with its management to a private partner, Public Enterprise Development Minister Lakshman Kiriella told Daily Mirror today.

He said a consultant had been appointed to make recommendations for the restructuring of the national carrier.

“With regard to the equity we will retain 51 percent of the shares,” he said.

The minister said the airline would be restructured on the basis of a Private Public Partnership as envisaged by this government. (Kelum Bandara)
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Source: http://www.dailymirror.lk/147664/Gov...ty-partnership

Where can we find the stats of these airframe details Banu? Is it like the A350 production list page?

Hi Haleef - I have got the update about MSN8106 from here : https://pasteboard.co/Hdly7w9.png

Do you know if UL is still going to return those 3 x A32X back to the lessors ? Arn't they going to be short of aircraft if they send 3 x A32Xs and 3 x A333s ?

Hi Aslam - Any reason why 4R-ALB is not flying since 18-Mar ?

SriLankan Airlines’ new board

A new board of directors to SriLankan Airlines has been finalised and expected to be appointed next week with a former banker tipped to be appointed chairman, airline sources said.

They said that the delay in the appointment of a new board after the current board chaired by Ajith Dias, agreed to step down on November 30 to help in the restructure of the airline, was also due to last month’s elections and a new minister (Lakshman Kirella) being appointed to the Ministry of Public Enterprise. Mr. Kiriella told Parliament on Thursday that the Government was still looking for a foreign partner to come on board with a 49 per cent stake.

The sources said that route rationalisation including reducing the number of weekly flights on some sectors is among the changes planned.

Former banker Ranjit Fernando, a close associate of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, is tipped to be appointed as the new Chairman of the ailing national carrier, SriLankan Airlines, sources said.
Sources also revealed that existing directors Rakhita S Jayawardena and Harendra Balapatabendi might remain on the new Board, which is expected to be appointed within a few days.
Current Chairman Ajith Dias and six directors of the board offered to resign late last year, in support of the Government’s restructuring plan.
Meanwhile, SriLankan Airlines’ top management presented its restructuring plan to the Government last week. The restructuring plan was the brainchild of the United Kingdom-based aviation consultancy specialist, Nyras.
“They (Nyras) have prepared a detailed proposal on the way forward with a restructuring plan for the carrier, and have submitted this to the Government for initial approval.

The proposal will also be presented to the Cabinet shortly,” the sources said.
The officials, however, did not disclose the details of the report.
The Government has appointed a Ministerial Subcommittee under Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and a top-level official committee headed by Treasury Secretary Dr R H S Samaratunga to recommend the strategy to revive the loss-making national carrier.

UL is making below adjustments on the frequency of flights in Summer 2018.

- Increasing Male' flights from 21 to 24 weekly.
- Reducing Chennai flights from 35 to 32 weekly.
- Increasing Lahore and Kolkota flights from 3 to 4 weekly.
- Reducing Seychelles and Gan flights from 4 to 3 weekly.

Schedules are available from : https://www.airsrilanka.org/forumdisplay.php?f=15

Does anyone know the history of Ranjith Fernando? Is he suitable for chairman position at UL?

More cronies, sycophants and yes men in charge. Exactly what's needed!

Another report on restructuring? How many is that now? And absolutely no action.

What about the latest corruption investigation? I guess the public doesn't need to know.

How much money has been spent on Commissions, Investigations and Consultants? Zero result and a complete waste of money imho.

The first sentence of the article tells you all you need to know.

Just a continuation of the policies that have destroyed the Airline.

The situation is well beyond fixing at this point - replacing a few people will achieve nothing.

SriLankan Airlines and Air Seychelles have entered into a special prorate agreement that will enhance their respective route networks and provide greater travel options in a seamless manner to passengers of both airlines with effect from 1st April 2018.

Accordingly, passengers on SriLankan Airlines will have expanded options to fly on Air Seychelles to Johannesburg, Mauritius, Madagascar and the domestic destination of Praslin in the Seychelles.

Passengers travelling with Air Seychelles will be able to purchase through-tickets for SriLankan Airlines flights from Seychelles to Colombo, and onwards to Mumbai, Bangkok, Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong.

SriLankan operates a route network of 105 cities in 47 countries from its hub in Colombo, with a fleet of modern aircraft.

According to Atdb, 4 x A359 order which were expected to deliver to UL in 2020/1 have been cancelled. It looks like assembly of the airframes are going to be postponed to 2020+ until Airbus find interested parties to buy/lease these 4 x A359s.

I thought the A359order is going to be changed to different aircraft e.g. A330 or A321 😞



Latest Update on 4R-ANF (4th A321neo for UL). Update as per today.

Usually late: 900 SriLankan flights delayed in a month

"...Under engineering delays is late release of aircraft after ‘A’ check; late positioning of aircraft; waiting for ground engineer to sign the journey log (23 minutes on February 21); waiting for ground engineer (31 minutes on February 24); and late release of aircraft after scheduled maintenance. And under flight operations is late flight crew pick-up by transport provider (46 minutes on February 1). Delays caused by shortcomings in airport facilities include check-in counter congestion; remote gate congestion; congestion at scanning; unavailability of gates; and immigration congestion..."

RTI Com dismisses SriLankan Airlines refusal to divulge info on CEO’s salary