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Originally posted by ULfan79
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Currently aircraft fleet at UL is not fully operational. I wonder why UL shouldn't sublease the aircraft to Fitsair, Fly Lankan Asia and Spark Air. Isn't that better for UL instead of grounding aircraft? May be Fitsair and Startup airlines can negotiate for lease with lower rate. But may be in the current market there are plenty of aircraft available in the much cheaper leases. But I am thinking from UL point of view and saving the national airline.
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Agreed100%... However I did hear from a source at UL that most of the A320 narrow body fleet as well as the NEO's are not in fully operational condition (maybe still in storage) I also heard that UL are paying a very high leasing fee for most of the newer aircraft and operating some of them aren't profitable... I always question as to why UL decided to lease out 2 A320neo's which do not serve any purpose and should have opted for either the A220 or Turboprop aircraft to serve lower yielding sectors to India and Maldives and also for domestic flights... I think the other airlines are positioned to make better calls and management decisions rather than having to negotiate with UL which i feel would be a waste of timeOriginally posted by banuthev View PostComment
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Totally agree ?. UL management only make decisions as per the heads of the government who mainly into commissionsOriginally posted by Aaqib View PostComment
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Spark Air to commence flight operations
The new local Airline, Spark Air has requested official permission to commence flight operations in Sri Lanka. The airline has had lengthy discussions with Mr. Prasanna Ranatunga Minister of Tourism and respective officers today (15th) about conducting flights.
From the discussions held today, they have agreed to begin flights very soon here in Sri Lanka.Comment
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Any idea why they had a lengthy discussion with Minister? Does he know anything about aviation?Originally posted by Serendib View PostComment
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Any chance more UL flights to London? any news about BA to Cmb?The temporary travel restriction introduced by the Government on travels originating from the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka on account of the new Covid -19 Variant in the UK has been lifted with immediate effect.
AviationflashLast edited by Serendib; 17-02-2021, 03:42 PM.Comment
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Makes no difference, people in UK banned from leaving the country !Originally posted by Serendib View PostComment
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Do you know which is parent company for Sparkair?Originally posted by Azamh View Post
Please find the list of directors of Sparkair:
http://airsoc.com/articles/view/id/5...to-lease-a330s
I wonder these start up airlines have links with politician like Lankan Cargo B727 was linked with Sajin Vaas as per below news link : https://www.newsfirst.lk/2015/03/02/...mp-sajin-vaas/Comment
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Wizzair Abu Dhabi plans London: https://www.aviationbusinessme.com/a...ndon-route?ampOriginally posted by Abeetha-Flyer View PostLast edited by Serendib; 18-02-2021, 05:43 PM.Comment
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Will it give good connection to UK if Wizzair announce Colombo? CAA of Sri Lanka said there are plenty of LCC are interested in flying to Colombo. Hope Wizzair is one of them.Originally posted by Serendib View PostComment
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It will be an effective operator if they start of flying to Colombo from Abu Dhabi as it will be even better with UK connections. Wizz has been saying “they will expand their operations further more towards Asia”since the beginning of its operations in AUH. I believe that Wizz will be operating to Colombo very near future..I’m looking forward to operate that inaugural flight as the one and only Sri Lankan who works for Wizz.Originally posted by banuthev View PostComment
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Neos Air starts Milan Malpensa -Colombo direct flights from 5th March to 24th September with B787-9.
Every Friday departure from Milan and return on Saturday.
23kg+23kg on hold baggage and 8kg hand baggage.
600Eur one way ticket MXP-CMB and 350Eur one way CMB-MXPLast edited by AirCeylon; 21-02-2021, 10:37 AM.Comment
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Singapore Airlines is going to increase Colombo flights from 3 to 7 weekly from 1 May 2021. Additional four weekly flights are going to be operated by B737.
The group’s Colombo route is currently a three times weekly Singapore Airlines Airbus A350 Regional operation. The firm schedule from 1st May 2021 has not yet been finalised, but it currently shows that three times weekly Airbus A350 Regional overnight operation will continue as SQ468/469, supplemented by four times weekly daytime service with these Boeing 737-800s as SQ464/465
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Sri Lanka has submitted 11 travel destinations that the national carrier — SriLankan Airlines would like to operate in India under this program to the Civil Aviation Authority of India and Embassy of India. These destinations include; Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Kochi, Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta and Tiruchirappalli.
“We are hopeful that the necessary approval will be considered soon by the Indian authorities to commence the project,” Chanaka told the Daily FT.
Source:FT.LKComment
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KU is going to increase CMB flights from 20 March 2021Originally posted by Aaqib View Post
Thursdays - B777-300ER
Saturdays - A320neo (new flight from 20 March 2021)
It's going to be competition between SriLankan Airlines, Jazeera and Kuwait Airways on the Colombo-Kuwait. Each of these Airline is having twice weekly on this route.Comment
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