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  • Originally posted by Speedbird View Post
    Well my view would be let UL take all 359...and add YYZ (EK, QR and EY are all restricted to YYZ/YUL) first and LAX 2 years later. On medium haul add TPE, MNL, NBO, SGN and MRU on Short haul reactivate GOI, HYD, AMD, ISB and RGN...but First reduce the staff level by 25%.

    Stay out of competitive routes and move into greenfield routes
    Someone at UL must be following our forum

    SriLankan Airlines: Employee Back Door Entrants To Exit

    Thirty five Ground Staff and seventeen Flight Attendants among other employees of SriLanka Airlines are to be terminated by the national carrier, on a treasury directive based on the findings of an investigation carried out into the irregular recruitment practices during the previous Rajapaksa regime, Colombo Telegraph reliably learns.

    All trade / labour unions representing the employees of SriLankan Airlines were summoned for a meeting by the Chairman Ajit Dias last morning.

    However the Flight Attendants Union (FAU) was not represented despite having seventeen of its cadre said to be terminated.

    When Colombo Telegraph contacted the FAU Secretary Lanka Kamalgoda for a comment he said ” we have no knowledge of any such meeting as we were not informed. Please direct any questions to the Management of the airline”.

    However reliable sources from within the Human Resources Department of the airline confirmed that the relevant emails had been sent to all unions. This was further clarified by the I.T Department stating that the relevant emails were both sent and received by all unions.

    “Perhaps these are now the first casualties of the findings of the long overdue Weliamuna report ” said an airline employee who furnished evidence to the investigations on condition of anonymity.

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    • Had a promising discussion with representatives from SkyWorks Capital this morning at Sri Lankan Airlines.

      We are in the middle of discussions with relevant groups to formulate a plan in which we can reverse the loss making trend that the national airline is following.

      SkyWorks Capital, LLC is a boutique investment banking firm that provides financial advisory services to the aviation industry. The firm offers mergers and acquisition, debt and equity underwriting, restructuring, asset-based financing, valuation, fairness opinion, debt placement, collateral and liquidity evaluation, and negotiation deal advisory services. Additionally, it provides aircraft fleet, purchase contract and support agreement, and aircraft economics advisory services. The firm’s clientele includes Gemini Air Cargo, Air Tran Airways, Virgin America, ATA, Bayern, LB, Wexford Capital, LLC, and Jet Blue Airways. SkyWorks Capital, LLC was founded in 2002 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut. SkyWorks Capital, LLC operates as a subsidiary of SkyWorks Holdings, LLC.

      Source:kabhir
      any idea??

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      • Raymond Zammit in Malta captured 4R-ADE in plain cloths




        (Photo credit - Raymond Zammit)

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        • Originally posted by ejanson65 View Post
          I see it's almost there.

          Don't know who's flying - normally if the flight shows up on the company timetable it is being flown by Hifly. This may be different.

          Showing a local test flight Feb 01 and a ferry from Malta to Lisbon Feb 03.
          May i know why this aircraft going to be ferried from Malta to Lisboa? I thought it will be flying for Hifly Malta with registration 9H-SUN.

          UL was leased the 4R-ADE in Oct 2003 from leasing company called "Macquarie" on 12 years lease. Does this mean Hifly has now leased it from Macquarie again?

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          • SriLankan Airlines environment conservation ranked second in Asia

            SriLankan Airlines gained worldwide recognition for its pioneering efforts in environmental conservation when the prestigious Business Traveller magazine ranked it second among airlines in the Asia and Asia-Pacific region for having the lowest carbon footprint.

            The enormous region includes the Middle East, South Asia, the Far East and Asia-Pacific, home to most of the world’s finest airlines.

            Ajith Dias, SriLankan Airlines’ Chairman, said: “SriLankan Airlines takes great pride in being among the best corporate citizens in our country, in both the state and private sectors, especially when it comes to sustainable practices with regard to our community, our customers, and our employees.”

            The Nation is a online Newspaper and magazine with Google CSE based search engine. Latest news updates, Finance, Sports, Lifestyle, Technology, Health, Motoring...

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            • Originally posted by banuthev View Post
              May i know why this aircraft going to be ferried from Malta to Lisboa? I thought it will be flying for Hifly Malta with registration 9H-SUN.

              UL was leased the 4R-ADE in Oct 2003 from leasing company called "Macquarie" on 12 years lease. Does this mean Hifly has now leased it from Macquarie again?
              No idea who the aircraft is leased from. They bought an A340 2 years ago. They are always looking for good deals on airbus aircraft.

              Hifly operates globally - Lisbon is where the head office and maintenance hanger is located. My guess is that the aircraft will need some additional work.

              A lot of it will be simple things like putting safety cards/documentation on board. All the people that do these things are in Lisbon.

              There may be some flights planned from Lisbon as well.

              Or they may want to show the aircraft to various clients.

              Hifly is run like a business by people who know what they are doing. Basically the complete opposite of UL.

              Example - a number of aircraft are leased by the hour. If they don't fly there are only parking fees to be paid. At one airport they were paying E300/day. Smart.

              There are a number of flights we do that can only be done by the A340 - it's the perfect aircraft for these flights.
              Always fly a stable approach - it's the only stability you'll find this business

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              • The International Airports in India & the Airports covered by UL & MJ.

                UL
                MJ

                Airports in India -International
                Gaya
                Lucknow
                Patna
                Varanasi
                Bhubaneswar
                Guwahati
                Imphal
                Kolkata
                Siliguri
                Amritsar
                Chandigarh
                Delhi
                Jaipur
                Srinagar
                Bangalore
                Chennai
                Coimbatore
                Hyderabad
                Kochi
                Kozhikode
                Madurai
                Mangalore
                Port Blair
                Tiruchirappalli
                Thiruvananthapuram
                Visakhapatnam
                Ahmedabad
                Goa
                Mumbai
                Nagpur
                Pune

                See even to be a Regional Airline they have to expand operations to so many cities.

                And the below cities also have to be considered.
                Islamabad
                Kathmandu
                Chittagong
                Yangon
                Ho Chi Ming
                Hanoi
                Phnom Penh
                Last edited by Aviational; 23-01-2016, 09:41 AM. Reason: adding

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                • Jan 21, 2015 (LBO) - Aircraft purchases by Sri Lanka’s previous government, which do not make business sense, have added to the financial burden of the state sector, Eran Wickramaratne, deputy minister of Public Enterprise Development, told Lanka Business Online. buy advair rotahaler online https://


                  From the article:-

                  “Our problem has got compounded because during the previous period, for reasons that are really not known, we have contracted to take aircraft which don’t make any business sense to the strategy of the airline,” Wickramaratne said.

                  “By any stretch of your imagination, you can’t rationalize the decision. The financial drag will be tremendous as you cannot generate the revenue to support those decisions,” he said.
                  So a Deputy Minister doesn't know how business is done in Sri Lanka?

                  This is nothing but theft, fraud and corruption - Sri Lankan tax payers get stuck with the bill.

                  It's not difficult to figure out. Another MiG deal on a much larger scale.

                  Here's a radical idea - if the reasons aren't known how about an investigation?

                  A Billion Dollars+ in losses and another Billion in future liabilities - and nothing is being done about it.



                  Not a bad article by the former temporary CEO.

                  I can't help but remember no action being taken while he was in charge - another useless NATO member!

                  Analysis:-

                  By doing nothing the problems at UL have only grown - requiring increasingly drastic measures. It's simply not realistic to expect a pack of unqualified, government appointed clowns to be anything more than NATO members.

                  At some point the cash will run out and there will no longer be any choices left. I think they're at this point. Choices will be made for them.

                  Example:- They don't want to cut European Routes but there's no cash to operate them so they get cut.

                  If they're in talks with Skyworks Capital then that's an admission that UL has lost control of the situation. In any normal company this would mean the automatic dismissal of the management and board of directors.

                  My guess is that they tried to offload the A350's to Qatar - another act of desperation.

                  A real tragedy that things have come to this point.
                  Always fly a stable approach - it's the only stability you'll find this business

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                  • Emirates has announced a fifth flight to Colombo (except on Wednesday)adding more pressure to UL on the CMB-DXB route.

                    Jan 27, 2016 (LBO) – Emirates, a Middle-Eastern airline, said that they would be adding an additional daily flight to Sri Lanka between Dubai and Colombo. The new flight will be effective from 1 August 2016. Emirates will operate five daily flights between Dubai and Colombo every day except Wedne

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                    • Originally posted by TheF15Ace View Post
                      Emirates has announced a fifth flight to Colombo (except on Wednesday)adding more pressure to UL on the CMB-DXB route.

                      http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/e...ts-to-colombo/
                      This goes to show the state of UL.

                      EK can fill 5 777s a day to Colombo when UL struggles to fill a single A332 (some days they operate the A321!), not to mention the 2-3 daily flight by FZ.

                      Instead of burning money on vanity routes in Europe UL should concentrate on regional flying, where there is a lot of money to be made.

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                      • Himalaya Airlines signs long-term pact with SriLankan Airlines

                        Himalaya Airlines, a new Nepal-China joint venture airline company, has announced that it has signed a long-term service agreement with SriLankan Airlines aviation integrated training academy, SriLankan Training, to receive A320 family simulator training for pilots and cabin crew members.

                        SriLankan Airlines Flight Simulator Center, located at Bandaranaike International Airport, with its first A320-200 full flight simulator, will offer a total flying experience on ground to Himalaya Airlines pilots, such as aircraft type specific safety and emergency procedures, crew resource management and cabin crew service training courses within a purpose-built state-of-the-art facility, as per a statement issued on Thursday.

                        Flight crew will be trained on most advanced and extensive fleet of full motion flight simulators that have a standard state-of-the-art visual fidelity, motion and sound.

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                        • Originally posted by Cayman View Post
                          This goes to show the state of UL.

                          EK can fill 5 777s a day to Colombo when UL struggles to fill a single A332 (some days they operate the A321!), not to mention the 2-3 daily flight by FZ.

                          Instead of burning money on vanity routes in Europe UL should concentrate on regional flying, where there is a lot of money to be made.
                          This has probably more to do with EKs connectivity Dubai rather than traffic getting off in Dubai. EK can give good connections and at good prices and they started planning for all this only 30 years ago....

                          That said I think UL should concentrate on regional routes for now; UL does not have the connectivity any of the ME3's can offer nor can CMB offer what Dubai can offer in terms of layover; we have numbskulls running both the airline and the country to develop either one .....

                          The best UL can ever hope for now and offer is beating the Indian airlines by offering better service and connectivity and stealing traffic from India .... but I wouldn't hold my breath on it

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                          • Originally posted by LukeSkywalker View Post
                            This has probably more to do with EKs connectivity Dubai rather than traffic getting off in Dubai. EK can give good connections and at good prices and they started planning for all this only 30 years ago....

                            That said I think UL should concentrate on regional routes for now; UL does not have the connectivity any of the ME3's can offer nor can CMB offer what Dubai can offer in terms of layover; we have numbskulls running both the airline and the country to develop either one .....

                            The best UL can ever hope for now and offer is beating the Indian airlines by offering better service and connectivity and stealing traffic from India .... but I wouldn't hold my breath on it
                            EK is dominating the CMB route like anything. Does UAE has Open Sky Policy to Expand more flights to Colombo?

                            New Flight Schedule (effect Aug 2016)
                            EK648 – 13:55 – 19:55 – DXB-CMB – DAILY – B777-300ER
                            EK649 – 22:10 – 01:00 – CMB-DXB – DAILY – B777-300ER

                            EK is already operating three daily flights and 6 weekly flights between CMB-DXB and seven weekly flights between CMB-SIN.

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                            • Originally posted by banuthev View Post

                              New Flight Schedule (effect Aug 2016)

                              EK649 – 22:10 – 01:00 – CMB-DXB – DAILY – B777-300ER
                              Perfectly aligned for the 2-4am departure bank in DXB!

                              This is going to hurt both EY and QR.

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                              • 4R-ABN Delayed for almost 20 Hours at Cochin

                                UL168 from Cochin to Colombo is delayed by 8 hours as sources say. Anyone know the reason why? Probably a technical fault as the A320-200 (4R-ABN) landed there on time from CMB.
                                Scheduled to take off at 12 noon tomorrow.

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