Sri Lankan Airlines Whats going on?
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Thank you for your quick response. But why is SIA keeping you on hold?. Any agreement with UL? And is there a similar agreement with Qatar, Etihad and Jet.
The new flying boys are creating havoc in the country.
Sometimes I wonder wether they have got a valid license with instrument rating issued by the CAASL. They fly at night which our airforce boys cant do. We could even see our airforce boys, the way they fly with us in the civil cockpit.
Ha Ha..............
The new flying boys are creating havoc in the country.
Sometimes I wonder wether they have got a valid license with instrument rating issued by the CAASL. They fly at night which our airforce boys cant do. We could even see our airforce boys, the way they fly with us in the civil cockpit.Ha Ha..............
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VEry speculative answer comin up...but given the shortage of pilots and the many locals who seem to leave the airline after a short space of time, id say theres a few vacancies for foreigners.
Wouldn't hurt to try.
Cheers newagebird
Wouldn't hurt to try.
Cheers newagebird
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Emirates aims to hike stake in Sri Lankan Airlines
Does anyone know how this is going ?
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/article...sid=51&sid=BUS
Dubai, May 03: Emirates Airline plans to increase its stake in Sri Lankan Airlines from current 43 per cent, a senior official of the Lankan carrier has said.
Emirates and government of Sri Lanka would hold talks this month in Colombo to discuss renewal of management contract and transfer of stake, Srilankan Airlines (SLA) regional manager Mohamed Fazeel said.
Sri Lanka government holds majority stake of 51.05 per cent in SLA while emirates and its employees hold 43.63 and 5.32 per cent respectively.
Emirates airline manages SLA, known as Air Lanka till 1999, under a 10-year contract which culminates at the end of 2008.
An emirates spokeswoman said: "Discussions with various Srilankan stakeholders are still pending." She refused to comment any further.
Zee News (3rd May 2007)
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/article...sid=51&sid=BUS
Dubai, May 03: Emirates Airline plans to increase its stake in Sri Lankan Airlines from current 43 per cent, a senior official of the Lankan carrier has said.
Emirates and government of Sri Lanka would hold talks this month in Colombo to discuss renewal of management contract and transfer of stake, Srilankan Airlines (SLA) regional manager Mohamed Fazeel said.
Sri Lanka government holds majority stake of 51.05 per cent in SLA while emirates and its employees hold 43.63 and 5.32 per cent respectively.
Emirates airline manages SLA, known as Air Lanka till 1999, under a 10-year contract which culminates at the end of 2008.
An emirates spokeswoman said: "Discussions with various Srilankan stakeholders are still pending." She refused to comment any further.
Zee News (3rd May 2007)
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http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070527/News/nws8.html
Emirates team here tomorrow for crucial talks on SriLankan deal
A top level team from Emirates Airline is expected in Colombo tomorrow for discussions with the government on extending SriLankan Airlines management deal.
Dubai-government owned Emirates has a ten year contract ending in March 2008 to manage the Sri Lankan national carrier. Coupled with the management deal, the then government also sold a 43 percent equity stake in SriLankan to Emirates in 1998. Aviation sources said the government delegation at the talks would include two British experts and Sachin Vaas Gunawardena, who heads the newly formed Mihin Air.
The latter’s inclusion has raised some eyebrows as Mihin is building up to be a competitor to Sri Lankan. The composition of the government delegation, however, could not be independently verified at the time of going to the press.
Emirates are known to drive hard bargains. When the United National Front came to office in 2001 threatening to review the deal signed by the Chandrika Kumaratunga regime, Emirates President Tim Clark simply insisted that “a deal is a deal” and state lawyers had to back down.
Mr. Clark has already been quoted as stating that the government’s creation of the new airline, Mihin Air was an issue for Emirates and that it was up to the Sri Lankan government, struggling to cope with the intensifying separatist war, to persuade the West Asian airline to continue the management arrangement.
Emirates team here tomorrow for crucial talks on SriLankan deal
A top level team from Emirates Airline is expected in Colombo tomorrow for discussions with the government on extending SriLankan Airlines management deal.
Dubai-government owned Emirates has a ten year contract ending in March 2008 to manage the Sri Lankan national carrier. Coupled with the management deal, the then government also sold a 43 percent equity stake in SriLankan to Emirates in 1998. Aviation sources said the government delegation at the talks would include two British experts and Sachin Vaas Gunawardena, who heads the newly formed Mihin Air.
The latter’s inclusion has raised some eyebrows as Mihin is building up to be a competitor to Sri Lankan. The composition of the government delegation, however, could not be independently verified at the time of going to the press.
Emirates are known to drive hard bargains. When the United National Front came to office in 2001 threatening to review the deal signed by the Chandrika Kumaratunga regime, Emirates President Tim Clark simply insisted that “a deal is a deal” and state lawyers had to back down.
Mr. Clark has already been quoted as stating that the government’s creation of the new airline, Mihin Air was an issue for Emirates and that it was up to the Sri Lankan government, struggling to cope with the intensifying separatist war, to persuade the West Asian airline to continue the management arrangement.
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Hi FRA2008
Yes things are quite low as you said. But its only for a short period. And a couple of bombs going here and there is not too bad. Anyway there is trouble all over the world.
But look on the other hand. You could get a conversion on to the A330/340 and then split. Which has been done by many others before. UL gives you the best deal when it comes to ratings. We got a lot of money for training.
So come and fly with us. And get the wide body ratings and then see you else where.
So think about it.
Yes things are quite low as you said. But its only for a short period. And a couple of bombs going here and there is not too bad. Anyway there is trouble all over the world.
But look on the other hand. You could get a conversion on to the A330/340 and then split. Which has been done by many others before. UL gives you the best deal when it comes to ratings. We got a lot of money for training.
So come and fly with us. And get the wide body ratings and then see you else where.
So think about it.
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Emirates may renew management contract with Sri Lankan Airlines
Emirates airline will likely renew its management role with SriLankan Airlines, a top Emirates official said, after months of the deal appearing to be in limbo.
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles.../10130276.html
Emirates airline will likely renew its management role with SriLankan Airlines, a top Emirates official said, after months of the deal appearing to be in limbo.
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles.../10130276.html
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SriLankan Airlines aims for new deal with Emirates: official
NEW DELHI (AFP) — SriLankan Airlines wants a new management contract to be signed soon with Dubai-owned Emirates, chief executive Peter Hill said Tuesday, forecasting a "tough" year for the island's carrier.
The Colombo government is holding another meeting on January 8 with Emirates to discuss the renewal of the 10-year management contract of SriLankan Airlines that runs out next March, an airline official said.
The Colombo government is holding another meeting on January 8 with Emirates to discuss the renewal of the 10-year management contract of SriLankan Airlines that runs out next March, an airline official said.
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EK pulling out
Hey guys,
I would say tht if EK pulls out, it will be the end of UL in a heart beat. If u look around the sub continent we have airlines like Jet, Kingfisher, Singapore, Qatar and of course Emirates it self. Sri Lankan only manages to get a good name after Emirates took over. If Emirates leaves, I bet tht the service will go down from bad to worse, Skywards will not be the freq flyer program. I bet that those Sri lankan expats in the UK and USA will start flying othar airlines instead of connecting on UL flights via other cities. Competetion is getting tough in tht part of the region. I hope that if the deal does not go through with Sri lankan, Emirates will not stop flying to Colombo or do like what Etihad did. Tht will be a major disaster!
Note: Srilankan needs to get a interior refurbishment ASAP. Need new business/ economy seats and a totally new entertainemnt system along with a new fleet of aircraft.
I would say tht if EK pulls out, it will be the end of UL in a heart beat. If u look around the sub continent we have airlines like Jet, Kingfisher, Singapore, Qatar and of course Emirates it self. Sri Lankan only manages to get a good name after Emirates took over. If Emirates leaves, I bet tht the service will go down from bad to worse, Skywards will not be the freq flyer program. I bet that those Sri lankan expats in the UK and USA will start flying othar airlines instead of connecting on UL flights via other cities. Competetion is getting tough in tht part of the region. I hope that if the deal does not go through with Sri lankan, Emirates will not stop flying to Colombo or do like what Etihad did. Tht will be a major disaster!
Note: Srilankan needs to get a interior refurbishment ASAP. Need new business/ economy seats and a totally new entertainemnt system along with a new fleet of aircraft.
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SriLankan Airlines to renew its management contract with Emirates
http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/articleDetails.aspx?id=1637§ionid=36&name=Top%20Stories
SriLankan Airlines, which has been witnessing growth in load factors and route network post entering into a management contract with Emirates and going in for re-branding, has decided to renew the 10-year management contract that is due for expiry in March, 2008. Currently, negotiations are on between the two airlines and the contract is expected to be signed by April next year. Currently, Emirates has 40 per cent stake in the airline and while it has proposed to buy more stake, SriLankan Airlines is looking at increasing its own profitability. With a view to enhance its profits, the airline has proposed that it should be allowed to use two of the 50 Airbus A380, which will be delivered to Emirates by early 2009. SriLankan Airlines is planning to deploy these two aircraft on Indian routes.
"We will be signing the new management contract with Emirates once all the negotiations are finalised," Peter Hill, Chief Executive Officer, SriLankan Airlines, confirmed on the sidelines of a party held recently in Mumbai to celebrate the airline's achievement of 100 weekly flights to India.
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dont worry, i reckon they will sign the agreement soon, whether or not the government backs down from the demands. Emirates need us as much as we need them, firstly there will be numerous problems when it comes to codeshare flights if the deals breaks down, im sure neither will want to lose their respective business.
Im not sure about it but i think emirates uses some of our rights to travel to certain destinations. They wouldnt want to lose that either. Also sri lankans service standards, food and general cabin crew behaviour are in fact miles ahead of emirates at the moment. The crews in EK i encountered on recent flights looked to say the least, demoralised, as if they couldnt give a stuff. Sri lanka actually looked after their pax.
Yeh definitely we are in need of a fleet upgrade and yes they paid way too mcuh for the current aircraft but if the deal gets signed i reckon we can see a few EK aircraft being off loaded onto us as always seems to be the case.
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Im not sure about it but i think emirates uses some of our rights to travel to certain destinations. They wouldnt want to lose that either. Also sri lankans service standards, food and general cabin crew behaviour are in fact miles ahead of emirates at the moment. The crews in EK i encountered on recent flights looked to say the least, demoralised, as if they couldnt give a stuff. Sri lanka actually looked after their pax.
Yeh definitely we are in need of a fleet upgrade and yes they paid way too mcuh for the current aircraft but if the deal gets signed i reckon we can see a few EK aircraft being off loaded onto us as always seems to be the case.
newagebird
