Travellers going to Africa, North & South America benefits from flying via ADD, not much for Europe. Most of the flights out to North and South America from ADD have a technical stop in Africa or Europe for refuelling due to high altitude at ADD and takes more longer for the outward segment.

Srilankan flies to SYD,FRA,CDG,MXP,ICN these days. UL should keep flying to these destinations during post COVID to say competitive.

According to below news, SriLankan Airlines aircraft has done an emergency landing at MAA. I saw on FR24, Dhaka to Colombo flight operated by 4R-AND (A321neo) was diverted to MAA.

I wonder why News reporter is saying flight was operated from Doha and news publisher is showing A330 on the news page. Really confusing. Does any body know more about this?

4R-AND coming back to CMB.


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The Rise Of Emirates: A PIA Investment To Global Mega Airline

https://www.google.com/amp/s/simplef...-emirates/amp/

...a​​ good write up on the history of Emirates including a mention of the involvement in UL. It makes you wonder where UL would be today if the contract wasn't abruptly ended and UL was still under EK management ? ?

If i recall it correctly below are the SriLankan Airlines Aircraft Fleet and Routes just before EK pull out of the contract from SriLankan Airlines in 2007.

I have also listed the fleet / network as of 2001. So you will know how SriLankan long haul network affected after Damn LTTE attack at CMB in Jul 2001.

So you can compare the above against the 2019 SriLankan Fleet and Network under the current management.

Im talking only about the fleet and network not about the profit and loss.

Guys guess what would be SriLankan Airlines fleet & network would be now if SriLankan Airlines is still with Emirates

2001 (before Jul 2001)

Fleet

• Four Airbus A340-300
• Six Airbus A330-200
• Two Airbus A320-200

Network

From Colombo to :
TOKYO - 3 WEEKLY
BANGKOK-HONG KONG - 3 WEEKLY
KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE - 3 WEEKLY
SINGAPORE-JAKARTA - 2 WEEKLY
SYDNEY- 3 WEEKLY
DHAKA - 2 WEEKLY
DELHI - 4 WEEKLY
MUMBAI - 3 WEEKLY
CHENNAI - 15 WEEKLY
TRICHY - 7 WEEKLY
TRIVANDRUM - 7 WEEKLY
MALE - 14 WEEKLY
KARACHI - 3 WEEKLY
ABU DHABI/MUSCAT - 1 WEEKLY
MUSCAT/ABU DHABI - 2 WEEKLY
DUBAI-KUWAIT - 2 WEEKLY
DUBAI-STOCKHOLM - 3 WEEKLY
DUBAI-BERLIN - 2 WEEKLY
DUBAI-LONDON - 4 WEEKLY
BAHRAIN/DOHA - 1 WEEKLY
DOHA/BAHRAIN - 2 WEEKLY
DAMMAM- 2 WEEKLY
RIYADH - 2 WEEKLY
KUWAIT-BEIRUT- 1 WEEKLY
BEIRUT - 1 WEEKLY
LONDON - 5 WEEKLY
PARIS - 3 WEEKLY
FRANKFURT- 3 WEEKLY
ROME/MILANO - 3 WEEKLY
ZURICH - 2 WEEKLY


2007

Fleet

• Five Airbus A340-300
• Four Airbus A330-200
• Five Airbus A320-200

Network

From Colombo to :
TOKYO - 3 WEEKLY
BANGKOK-BEIJING - 3 WEEKLY
BANGKOK-HONGKONG - 3 WEEKLY
BANGKOK-SHANGHAI - 4 WEEKLY
KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE - 3 WEEKLY
SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR - 4 WEEKLY
DELHI - 7 WEEKLY
MUMBAI - 14 WEEKLY
HYDERABAD- 7 WEEKLY
CHENNAI - 15 WEEKLY
BANGALORE - 7 WEEKLY
TRICHY - 10 WEEKLY
COIMBATORE- 4 WEEKLY
TRIVANDRUM- 13 WEEKLY
KOCHI- 11 WEEKLY
KOZHIKODE - 8 WEKLY
GOA - 2 WEEKLY
MALE' - 14 WEEKLY
MUSCAT/ABU DHABI - 2 WEEKLY
ABU DHABI/MUSCAT - 2 WEEKLY
DUBAI-KUWAIT - 7 WEEKLY
BAHRAIN/DOHA - 2 WEEKLY
DOHA/BAHRAIN - 2 WEEKLY
DAMMAM- 2 WEEKLY
RIYADH - 2 WEEKLY
JEDDAH - 2 WEEKLY
LONDON - 7 WEEKLY
PARIS/FRANKFURT - 3 WEEKLY
ROME/ZURICH- 2 WEEKLY


2019 (Before Covid 19)

Fleet -

A320CEO - 5
A320NEO - 2
A321CEO - 2
A321NEO - 4
A330-200 - 7
A330-300 - 6

Network

TOKYO - 3 WEEKLY
BEIJING - 4 WEEKLY
SHANGHAI - 4 WEEKLY
GUANGZHOU - 7 WEEKLY
BANKGKOK - 21 WEEKLY
KUALA LUMPUR - 14 WEEKLY
SINGAPORE - 21 WEEKLY
JAKARTA - 7 WEEKLY
MELBOURNE- 7 WEEKLY
DHAKA - 7 WEEKLY
DELHI- 21 WEEKLY
MUMBAI - 14 WEEKLY
KOLKOTA- 3 WEEKLY
GAYA - 1 WEEKLY
VARANACI - 1 WEEKLY
HYDERABAD- 5 WEEKLY
CHENNAI - 28 WEEKLY
TRICHY - 14 WEEKLY
TRIVANDRUM- 7 WEEKLY
BANGALORE- 14 WEEKLY
COIMBATORE- 4 WEEKLY
KOCHI - 10 WEEKLY
MALE' - 21 WEEKLY
GAN ISLAND - 3 WEEKLY
SEYCHELLES- 4 WEEKLY
LAHORE - 3 WEEKLY
KARACHI - 7 WEEKLY
MUSCAT- 7 WEEKLY
ABU DHABI- 7 WEEKLY
DUBAI - 11 WEEKLY
BAHRAIN- 7 WEEKLY
DOHA - 11 WEEKLY
KUWAIT - 7 WEEKLY
DAMMAM - 4 WEEKLY
RIYADH - 7 WEEKLY
JEDDAH - 5 WEEKLY
LONDON - 7 WEEKLY

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Look at the stupid looking logo EK has forced on UL.
Horrible!!!

Emirates would have taken over all the profitable routes .
Sri Lankan would only be left with a few regional routes and a few A320/ 319s

like Milan and Rome... previously operated by Srilankan... I remember when in 2009 Srilankan started again Milan, the attitude and behaviour of some EK ground staff changed drastically

Its a pointless topic to discuss.. Especially when most people have little or no knowledge of how the commercial aviation industry works. For UL the downfall hasn't been about matching up routes with A/C type etc.. It has been about mismanagement. Unless that issue is addressed UL will continue to lose.

The first international flight since July has landed in Melbourne as hotel quarantine program restarts
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-firs...ogram-restarts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-...ourne/12955862
https://www.9news.com.au/videos/heal...1v0hqota63b6gq

guess the first fligth to touchdown? ... great publicity from AUS media

Congratulations SriLankan Airlines

Sri Lanka is reopening its doors to tourists from January 1, with both Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, and Mattala International Airport, serving the southeast, resuming operations under new health guidelines.

though SL passport holders aren't allowed into the country for a holiday/emergency....
can anyone here verify this?

SriLankan Airlines Cargo Flight Schedule (Period 21-Dec to 28-Dec 2020)

• SriLankan Airlines increase Ho Chi Minh City Cargo Flights from one to two weekly ;
• SriLankan Airlines is now operating nonstop flights to Sydney and Melbourne ;

Sri Lanka to resume commercial flights from December 26

Sri Lanka will resume commercial & charter flights from 26th December, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) announced today.

CAASL Chairman UpuI Dharmadasa said in a statement that the CAASL as an Aviation Regulator in Sri Lanka would be disseminating the appropriate directives to the travel industry in due course of the opening of Sri Lanka airspace for upcoming commercial and charter frights operations.

Source: newswire.lk