AirMale From Botswana, joined Sep 2004, 369 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2095 times:
Well the swiss market has changed since 2004/5 when SriLankan left Zurich.
Back then there was 1 daily EK flight to Dubai, 4 weekly QR to Doha from Zurich.
Now you have 2 daily EK to Dubai, daily QR to Doha, 4 weekly WY to Muscat from Zurich, all with convenient onward connections to Colombo.
Since UL restarted Zurich, both EK & QR have marketed Colombo with aggressively low fares.
WY is also trying to grab a piece of this makret, with some quite interesting fares....
mogandoCI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2072 times:
Quoting thenoflyzone (Reply 2): If the Sri Lankan Government is stupid enough to grant so many flights to EK out of CMB, then it's really not EK's fault, now is it !
Hehehe I think this statement is best applied to Australia
lukeyboy95 From Papua New Guinea, joined Apr 2008, 953 posts, RR: 34 Reply 6, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1929 times:
No doubt as a result of the ME-carriers. I'm in two minds to feel a little disheartened by this, or just shrug it off as good old fashioned competition. As another user said, the ball lies firmly in the court of the Sri Lankan government.
Quoting AirMale (Reply 3): both EK & QR have marketed Colombo with aggressively low fares.
aa757first From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3338 posts, RR: 8 Reply 8, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 1428 times:
Quoting thenoflyzone (Reply 2): If the Sri Lankan Government is stupid enough to grant so many flights to EK out of CMB, then it's really not EK's fault, now is it !
Is it really so important? My guess would be that most of the traffic is related to tourism. Seems to me that it would be best to get more bodies in so they can spend at tourist attractions.
behramjee From Canada, joined Aug 2003, 4482 posts, RR: 43 Reply 10, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 1081 times:
Smart move by UL. Hopefully now they will upgrade some of their A320 operated flights to SIN/BKK/KUL to A332s with the freed up aircraft as a result of the EU suspensions!
IndianicWorld From Australia, joined Jun 2001, 2404 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 1020 times:
where to next? MEL?
They had stated their intentions to serve MEL and YYZ but have gone quiet, so it will be interesting to see if this freeing up of resources will see their focus shift.
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