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  • Originally posted by MAW2000 View Post

    Any news or gossips about New aircraft lease or even RFPs? unoffical gossip came from an engineering student, that UL is looking for SLAF technicians to maintain UL planes.
    SriLankan Airlines & Sri Lanka Air Force new partnership announced. The objective of this agreement is to strengthen the collaboration between the Sri Lanka Air Force and Sri Lankan Airlines, particularly in the fields of aviation training, education and other areas of mutual interest. Source: newswire

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    • Nepal Airlines to fly Colombo

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      • Originally posted by Serendib View Post
        Nepal Airlines to fly Colombo
        Nice to hear lnternational Airlines are keen to fly Colombo. Nepal Airlines also applied for permission to fly SYD. Will it work if Nepal Airlines fly KTM-CMB-SYD route?

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        • I heard Redwings Airlines is going to fly from Yekaterinburg to Sri Lanka from Nov23 with twice a week flight. I wonder its going to fly CMB or HRI.

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          • Originally posted by CalgaryLankan View Post

            Doesn't make sense, isn't it Banu ? . For codeshare, UL need to serve ADD in this case.
            Thats exactly what i thought. But It seems UL is codesharing with ET from CMB to ADD route as below :

            CMB-DXB - UL operating
            DXB-ADD - ET operating

            ET had plans to fly CMB. Notsure why its still not materialised. Do you think CMB is route is profitable for ET?

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            • UL is going to wet lease 2 wide bodies for 6 months, according to their RFPs, delivery starting from 1st of Dec, any widebody from any manufacturer, min 260 setas, with min 18 Business with crew MEL SYD LHE CGK RUH DXB MAA MLE DAC 180min ETOPS....

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              • Originally posted by MAW2000 View Post
                UL is going to wet lease 2 wide bodies for 6 months, according to their RFPs, delivery starting from 1st of Dec, any widebody from any manufacturer, min 260 setas, with min 18 Business with crew MEL SYD LHE CGK RUH DXB MAA MLE DAC 180min ETOPS....
                It seems UL to wetlease widebidies with crew due to crew shortages in UL. Any idea which aircraft would be suitable for this ? Since UL is going to fly these aircraft for long haul (Australia) , they need aircraft with descent legroom.

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                • Originally posted by banuthev View Post

                  It seems UL to wetlease widebidies with crew due to crew shortages in UL. Any idea which aircraft would be suitable for this ? Since UL is going to fly these aircraft for long haul (Australia) , they need aircraft with descent legroom.
                  According to the RFPs, they ve mentioned their expected flights i guess, but they will not use those Wet lsd jets in their looong haul flights such as SYD MEL LHR NRT FRA CDG according to my opinion. they are now recruiting technicians, and SLAF technicians will join with them also. will see how its going on. flight crew wil be their with the planes from lessor

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                    • Is this a scheduled Fitsair route? I doubt!

                      4R-EXQ 8D211 05 Oct 2023 1:39 Landed 6:23 AM
                      STD 4:44 AM

                      ATD 4:44 AM STA 6:23 AM

                      FROM Colombo (CMB) TO Hyderabad (HYD​)

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                      • Originally posted by MAW2000 View Post

                        According to the RFPs, they ve mentioned their expected flights i guess, but they will not use those Wet lsd jets in their looong haul flights such as SYD MEL LHR NRT FRA CDG according to my opinion. they are now recruiting technicians, and SLAF technicians will join with them also. will see how its going on. flight crew wil be their with the planes from lessor
                        According to Wiki, Fitsair has order of A330 and delivery before end of this year. Is this true? Any possibility UL wetleasing A330 from Fitsair?
                        Airbus A320-200 3 0 C8Y156 4R-EXQ, 4R-EXS, 4R-EXR
                        Airbus A330-200 1 - To be delivered by the end of the year 2023

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                        • Sri Lanka’s aviation sector has reported a substantial profit of Rs. 22 billion from January to August this year, Minister of Port, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva said.
                          Sri Lanka’s aviation sector has reported a substantial profit of Rs. 22 billion from January to August this year, MinisterContinue Reading

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                          • Originally posted by 4R-ALA View Post
                            any idea why below are inactive as per fr24?

                            4R-ALO (A333)
                            4R-ALB (A332)
                            4R-ABN (A320ceo)
                            According to recent reports, 4R-ALB (306) is not going to fly UL flights again. UL is going to return 4R,-ALB back to lessor.

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                            • Originally posted by MAW2000 View Post

                              According to the RFPs, they ve mentioned their expected flights i guess, but they will not use those Wet lsd jets in their looong haul flights such as SYD MEL LHR NRT FRA CDG according to my opinion. they are now recruiting technicians, and SLAF technicians will join with them also. will see how its going on. flight crew wil be their with the planes from lessor
                              UL secured to lease 5 A320 family aircraft but still in talks to get A330s.

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                              • ch_aviation reports June 30th 2024 as deadline to finalize privatization of UL;

                                The head of Sri Lanka's State-Owned Enterprises Restructuring Unit has said that the privatisation of loss-making carrier SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo International) should be finalised by June 30, 2024. Suresh Shah also told Colombo-based media last week that the airline's transaction advisor, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), should come up with its proposal by the end of this year. Sri Lankan Airlines is one of 85 state-run enterprises Shah's agency has recommended the government wholly or partially privatise. More than one hundred other companies will undergo restructuring but remain in government hands. ch-aviation recently reported that the government was in talks with several potential investors, including Emirates (EK, Dubai International), the Adani Group, and Tata Sons. Emirates previously owned a 43.63% stake in SriLankan Airlines and managed the carrier's day-to-day operations but divested in 2010. Since then, on-again-off-again efforts to find a new investor have failed. In June, SriLankan CEO Richard Nuttall told ch-aviation that the immediate priority was to restructure the airline's balance sheet given the high cost of servicing its debt, and then move to sell the carrier. In the 12 months to March 31, 2023, SriLankan posted a loss of LKR75.03 billion Sri Lankan rupees (USD232 million) on revenues of LKR365.17 billion (USD1.13 billion). Its profit and loss statement reveals it spent LKR49.1 billion (USD152.2 million) on financing costs. Sri Lanka's depreciating rupee cost the carrier another LKR26.7 billion (USD82.9 million). Ahead of any privatisation, SriLankan Airlines continues to experience reliability issues, with local media reports criticising it for its high cancellation rate, ostensibly due to the large number of grounded aircraft. According to ch-aviation fleets advanced data, four of its 24 aircraft are out of service, including one A320-200N, two A321-200Ns, and one A330-200. Nuttall told ch-aviation that the A330-200, 4R-ALB (msn 306), one of four the carrier operates, is grounded pending its return to its lessor after the lease period ended. Ports and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva reportedly told Sri Lanka's parliament last week that the airline needed more aircraft and that five attempts to lease an additional A330 had come to nought. "No one wants to give them to us," he said. "We managed to secure only five A320 aircraft. I have now informed the airline that they must always keep a spare aircraft to go and pick up passengers if the scheduled aircraft is unavailable." Nuttall says there have been two requests for proposals issued for A330s, and while nothing to date has been secured talks with lessors continue.

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