SriLankan Airlines goes for early check-in
Feb 08, 2012 (LBO) - SriLankan Airlines has called on all economy class passengers to check in an hour before scheduled time of departure in a move to ease …
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SriLankan Airlines hires more cadet pilots
Feb 01, 2012 (LBO) - SriLankan Airlines' latest batch of cadet pilots were awarded their 'wings' when they passed out as Junior First Officers recently at the …
Sri Lanka ExpoAir resumes Jaffna flights
Jan 24, 2012 (LBO) - ExpoAir, a domestic aviation company in Sri Lanka, has decided to resume regular flights from the capital Colombo to the former northern …
Sri Lanka private carrier resumes flights to north
Jan 22, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Expo Aviation will recommence twice daily flights to Jaffna in Sri Lanka's north using a 12-seater Cessna Grand Caravan …
SriLankan Airlines offers cargo delivery service in UK
Dec 28, 2011 (LBO) - SriLankan Airlines has begun a cargo delivery service to the United Kingdom that also offers customs clearance and documentation handling …
SriLankan Airlines resumes flying to Zurich
Dec 22, 2011 (LBO) - SriLankan Airlines began flying to the Swiss city of Zurich Thursday, the latest destination in the national carrier's expanding global …
Sri Lanka airline ups business class with flatbeds
Dec 08, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run SriLankan Airlines has started a 15 million US dollar upgrade of its long-haul business class product with flatbeds …
Australia to allow liquids to be carried on int’l flights
CANBERRA, Nov 21 (AsiaPulse) - Australian international air passengers will soon no longer be banned from carrying liquids in their carry-on luggage. The …
Earnings tumble as airlines face new turbulence
SINGAPORE, November 6, 2011 (AFP) - Hefty falls in earnings for aviation giants Singapore Airlines and Emirates are the clearest signs yet of fresh turbulence …
Sri Lanka airport crunch looming: official
Oct 29, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's sole international airport will face a capacity crunch soon with passenger traffic exceeding its design capacity by year's end …
Dutch plane flying to Sri Lanka in bird strike
PANAJI, October 27, 2011 (AFP) - A Dutch charter plane en route to Sri Lanka was forced to abort take-off after a bird flew into one of its engines in the …
Sri Lanka EU air services nationality curbs lifted
Oct 27, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and the European Union had inked a deal to lift nationality restrictions placed on EU carriers under existing bi-lateral air …
Boeing Dreamliner makes first commercial flight
HONG KONG, October 26, 2011 (AFP) - Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner made its first commercial flight on Wednesday, giving a handful of deep-pocketed passengers the …
SriLankan Airlines gets new Airbus aircraft
Oct 26, 2011 (LBO) - A brand new Airbus 320 was added to the expanding fleet of Sri Lanka's national carrier SriLankan Airlines Wednesday, a statement said. …
Sri Lanka flight academy opens with simulator
Oct 21, 2011 (LBO) - State-run Sri Lankan Airlines has opened a flight academy commissioning its first Dutch built flight simulator for Airbus A320 aircraft as …
Sri Lanka Qatar Airways Cargo agency with Aitken Spence
Oct 19, 2011 (LBO) - Aitken Spence said its freight forwarding unit had bagged the general sales agency for Qatar Airways Cargo in Sri Lanka. online pharmacy …
SriLankan Airlines on Facebook and Twitter
Oct 10, 2011 (LBO) - SriLankan Airlines has launched accounts on the Facebook and Twitter social media sites as it adopts new strategies to each customers, the …
Sri Lanka military gets two Chinese passenger transports
Oct 01, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Air Force Friday took delivery of two 56 seat twin engine turboprop aircraft from China which could be used for regional …
SriLankan Airlines plane detained in Paris
Sept 29, 2011 (LBO) - A SriLankan Airlines aircraft was detained at Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris last Friday after it failed to meet European safety …
Sri Lankan Airlines cuts losses
Sept 28, 2011 (LBO) - State-run SriLankan Airlines said it had lost 202 million rupees in the year to March 2011, down from 6.03 billion rupees a year earlier, …