Sri Lankan Airlines unveiled what it termed a "radically revamped schedule."
It will launch new daily return service from Colombo to JFK from March 27th...obviously in codeshare with EMIRATES!!!
Will add two frequencies to Singapore for a total of 16 and to Kuala Lumpur for a total of 12.
In addition, the airline plans to operate a total of 33 weekly flights to Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf in partnership with Emirates...CODESHARING AGAIN.
This summer SriLankan will begin daily A330-200 flights to Abu Dhabi with four of them continuing to Doha and three to Bahrain. It also will boost flights from Colombo to Dammam to three a week and to Kuwait to nine per week. It will add three new flights to Dubai, bringing the combined total of SriLankan and Emirates codeshare flights to 28 per week from Colombo.
Additionally, SriLankan is increasing frequencies to Cochin from six to 12, Calicut from six to nine, Tiruchchirappalli from seven to 10, Trivandrum from nine to 11 and Hyderabad from five to seven.
Further, it will operate three weekly flights from Colombo to Karachi via Bombay with full fifth freedom rights on the KHI-BOM-KHI sector.
The summer schedule also includes three new weekly flights from Colombo to Beijing via Bangkok as well as three additional flights to London making LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR double daily.
HB-IWC From Greece, joined Sep 2000, 4414 posts, RR: 76 Reply 2, posted (8 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 2363 times:
Nothing to really get all excited about: the JFK and Europe services are all code share operations with and operated by EK. The Beijing flights were already announced. I just wonder how they got their hands on three extra LHR slots. Also, it seems that the earlier announced pull-out from FRA and ZRH was not true after all, as both destinations are still programmed for the summer.
David_itl From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 7144 posts, RR: 14 Reply 3, posted (8 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2028 times:
Quoting Behramjee (reply 0): The summer schedule also includes three new weekly flights from Colombo to Beijing via Bangkok as well as three additional flights to London making LHR double daily
It's not obvious but this is great news for MAN! They've previously stated that once they go double daily into LHR then they will consider launching services to MAN, so here's hoping that they start by summer 2006!
BA From United States of America, joined May 2000, 11135 posts, RR: 61 Reply 4, posted (8 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1918 times:
Where will the 2 new flights to Kuwait operate via or to?
Currently they operate daily A330-200 service via Dubai.
It was said a while ago that the 2 new weekly flights would be non-stop to Kuwait and continue somewhere after, possibly Beirut.
Regards
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6thfreedom From Bermuda, joined Sep 2004, 3266 posts, RR: 22 Reply 5, posted (8 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1826 times:
Resumption of Australia was due mid/late 2005, and was based on UL acquiring an additional A343.
From what I understand, they are having trouble sourcing this aircraft [at the right price, of course!], and that plans have been put on hold following the tsunami.
i would say that northern summer 06 now looks more likely.
Mrniji From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (8 years 2 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1584 times:
Quoting Behramjee (Thread starter): Further, it will operate three weekly flights from Colombo to Karachi via Bombay with full fifth freedom rights on the KHI-BOM-KHI sector.
Very good that at least they are able to operate between the two economic capitals.. neither AI nor IC - responsible for that sector - are operating.. it is really sad
Behramjee From Canada, joined Aug 2003, 4439 posts, RR: 43 Reply 8, posted (8 years 2 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 1513 times:
I hope they use the A 332 on the KHI-BOM-CMB-BOM-KHI route and not the A 320 as the latter is too small and uneconomical to fly on such a short haul route structure. The operating economics of the A 332 are perfectly suited for this route structure which sees consistent high demand for all the sectors involved all year round.
However due to this route structure of UL, they will lose a lot of KHI pax who fly UL via CMB to BKK-SIN-KUL-HKG-NRT etc. If the Indian Govt makes UL's Pakistani pax need transit visas to sit in the plane at BOM for an hour then that will make things even worse for UL as then no one will want to fly them unless its KHI-BOM-KHI.
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