All SriLankan Airlines articles
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NewsSriLankan eyes gains from tourism boom, despite looming supply chain woes
SriLankan Airlines expects passenger traffic in the upcoming year-end travel season to surpass pre-pandemic levels, amid a boom in tourism a year after the country plunged into economic turmoil.
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NewsPilots did not clarify control after SriLankan A330 inadvertently pushed into descent
Investigators believe a SriLankan Airlines Airbus A330-300 lost considerable altitude during an in-flight upset after one of the pilots nudged the sidestick during cruise, disconnecting the autopilot and pushing the jet into a descent. While the inquiry does not specify the reason for the “sharp nose-down input” by the first ...
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InterviewSriLankan Engineering ready to resume growth overseas
Despite the industry-wide upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic, SriLankan Engineering is hopeful of its chances to grow overseas, more than five years since its last foreign venture.
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NewsCourt describes ‘endemic’ bribery aimed at securing Airbus orders
Judicial authorities overseeing a deferred prosecution arrangement with Airbus have described as “endemic” the bribery linked to its commercial aircraft and defence divisions, as details emerged of activities scrutinised by fraud investigators. Airbus has agreed to pay a €3.6 billion fine to settle multiple investigations from French, UK and US ...
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NewsSriLankan, Qatar expand codeshare agreement
SriLankan Airlines will add 18 new points to its codeshare agreement with fellow Oneworld alliance member Qatar Airways, building on the partnership that first began in 2016. SriLankan will be adding its code on Qatar’s flights out of Doha to European cities such as Helsinki, Budapest, Munich, Lisbon and Edinburgh. ...
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SriLankan Airlines targets network growth
SriLankan Airlines is looking to expand its network to parts of Asia-Pacific and Europe, as it makes progress on reducing financial losses under its turnaround plan.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: SriLankan prepares to rebuild
Before the country was plunged into crisis by the Easter Sunday attacks, Sri Lanka's flag carrier completed work on a new five-year plan for submission to its government shareholder. The plan already appeared unlikely to command immediate political attention, in an election year, and will now of course lie further ...
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SriLankan casts hub vision in new business plan
State-owned carrier SriLankan Airlines is pinning its hopes for a return to profitability on turning its Colombo hub a key connecting point for passengers between Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
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Airbus secures two South Asian carriers for Skywise platform
Airbus has secured agreements with GoAir and SriLankan Airlines to utilise the airframer's data platform, Skywise Core.
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SriLankan looks to lease-out "unsuitable" A330-200
SriLankan Airlines is exploring options to sub-lease an Airbus A330-200 that has been sitting idle at Colombo's Bandaranaike International airport for over three months.
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SriLankan gains EASA approval for A330 base maintenance
SriLankan Airlines’ MRO unit SriLankan Engineering has received European Aviation Safety Agency Part-145 approval to complete base maintenance on Airbus A330s.
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SriLankan completes A320neo family deliveries
SriLankan Airlines has taken delivery of an A321neo, rounding out its committed A320neo family fleet.
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SriLankan optimistic that restructuring will lead to profits
SriLankan Airlines is confident that once its restructuring efforts begin, it will start to enjoy profits.
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SriLankan restructures network, cuts Frankfurt and Paris
SriLankan Airlines will suspend its operations to Frankfurt and Paris from 30 October and 6 November, respectively.
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ROUTES: SriLankan Airlines keeps eye on breakeven target
SriLankan Airlines is focused on having its operations break even within the next two years, as it takes delivery of new aircraft and restructures its network.
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NewsPICTURES: SriLankan Airlines retires last A340
SriLankan Airlines has retired its Airbus A340-300 fleet after 21 years in service.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The end of the gold rush for Asia-Pacific alliances
Just over one year ago in April 2014, SriLankan Airlines joined the Oneworld Alliance. Not content to hold the ceremony in the capital city of Colombo, the carrier deployed one of its Airbus A340-300 aircraft to fly media and dignitaries 150km to the newly built, but remote, Mattala Rajapaksa International ...
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SriLankan to codeshare with Air Berlin and Niki
SriLankan Airlines has signed a codesharing agreement with Air Berlin and its Austrian subsidiary Niki.
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SriLankan, Lufthansa Technik MRO JV in limbo
SriLankan Airlines' discussions with Lufthansa Technik to jointly set up an MRO operation appear to have met with some road blocks, with the carrier now saying it will go ahead with its MRO plans with or without a partner.
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IndiGo extends MRO partnership with SriLankan
Indian budget carrier IndiGo has extended its airfame maintenance contract with the engineering division of SriLankan Airlines.