I heard that SriLankan Airlines engineering is doing a Maintenance checks for SQ B787 and HM A320. Is it true? Any pictures

I don't think UL maintainence hangar has type rating certified for Boeing aircraft unless it is an emergency where SQ officials use the UL hangar to temporarily repair the airplane.
But in the first place does SQ operate 787 to CMB.

Saw an A330 tanker and a few fighters at CMB today.... any idea what's all that about?

Yes 6 RAF Eurofighter Typhoons and Airbus A330MRTT aircraft came here.

SriLankan Airlines CEO charts course of recovery

WY has started operating the 787 to CGK
4RALM though is operating their scheduleed WY371/2 flight which is their daily morning run into and out of CMB
can anyone confirm when exactly is 4RALM going to return back..

Singapore Airlines have been using their Air Bus 350-900 instead of A 330 on SIN-CMB-SIN route since Oct 01st

India’s Alliance Air to operate flights to Palali and Batticaloa

Alliance Air, Air India’s associate airline, is looking at operating direct flights to both Palali and Batticaloa making both these regional airports go international. This would be Alliance Air’s, first international route.

An official from Air India Colombo office said that some of the Air India staff members recently visited both the airports to inspect the progress of the airport.

Alliance Air is a subsidiary of Air India and operates services to 52 Indian destinations with a fleet of 18 ATR 72-600 (70/72 Seater) and 1 ATR 42-320 (48 Seater) aircraft.

Flights are operated mostly to Tier-2 and Tier-3 Cities or those which link these cities to the metro hubs. Alliance Air has 800 flight departures per week and 114 flight departures per day.

Alliance Air will be first looking at operating flights to Palali from Chennai and later would add Batticaloa. Direct flights would be initially operated to Indian destinations, Bangalore, Cochin, Mumbai and Hyderabad.

Meanwhile, FITSAIR, a local airline operator too said earlier that they will operate international flights from Palali to Indian destinations. FITSAIR operated International Passenger charter flight from Ratmalana to Visakhapatnam on its 70 sector – ATR 72 aircraft recently. FITSAIR is also an international freighter operator operating out of Katunayake cargo hub serving the region. They currently operate passenger flights out of Ratmalana and Colombo to domestic destinations.

“We are looking at operating to India from both Palali and Batticaloa airports soon.”

The Palali airport which is being upgraded to be Sri Lanka’s third international airport after Colombo and Mattala will be opened on October 16. Palali airport was used for air travel between Chennai, India and Jaffna in the 1960’s.

Source: Dailynews

Sri Lanka opens internal flights to foreign carriers

Wednesday October 2, 2019 10:26:25

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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has given the clearance to license foreign airlines to operate flights between internal airports to boost the domestic aviation sector, the government said.

Under existing bilateral agreements foreign airlines operating to Sri Lanka cannot carry traffic in between airports within the island, generally known as 6th freedom and beyond.

But the cabinet of ministers has given clearance for Sri Lanka’s civil aviation authority to issue one year operating licenses to foreign airlines that are interested in flying within Sri Lanka, the state information office said.

The airlines would be allowed to operate to Jaffna International Airport, Batticaloa, Colombo, Ratmalana and Mattala International Airport.

Sri Lanka is expecting Indian airlines to operate to Jaffna later this year using smaller regional aircraft, who may also find the liberalization useful.

However domestic aviation is still in its infancy. The Mattala International Airport is also largely unused.

Unlike in South Asia, East Asia had liberalized air travel much earlier. Countries like Vietnam which started liberalizing later than Sri Lanka have gone ahead. Foreign airlines including Cebu Pacific, Bamboo and Jetstar Pacific fly with the country.

Malaysia-based AirAsia approached Sri Lanka’s government to set up an airline in Sri Lanka but there was no progress. Since then a joint venture has been set up in Vietnam. (Colombo/Oct02/2019)

Source : Economy Next

What a dump idea

Does the SL Gov planning to allow AI to operate TRZ-JAF-CMB route?

4R-ALM is back in the fleet as of the wet lease with Oman Air has ended.

I can notice 4R-ALM has started operating UL flights from 5- Oct.

SriLankan Airlines in recent schedule update filed additional changes to its service to Tokyo, for winter 2019/20 season. From 27OCT19, the oneWorld carrier will once again operates Colombo – Tokyo Narita service nonstop in both directions, replacing Colombo – Tokyo Narita – Male – Colombo routing.

Airbus A330-300 aircraft operates this route 4 times weekly.

UL454 CMB1950 – 0730+1NRT 333 x247
UL455 NRT1120 – 1750CMB 333 x135