Comments on: Earn Money at any Cost – SriLankan’s newest sale

By: SriLankan to Sell and Leaseback 3 A330s | Airline Industry Review

SriLankan to Sell and Leaseback 3 A330s | Airline Industry Review — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:24:02 +0000

[...] believe 4R-ALD, the youngest A330, is not included in this list as the airline was in an attempt to lease it out sometime [...]

By: Miyuru ( K FLYER )

Miyuru ( K FLYER ) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:26:44 +0000

Mr. Smith, details conspiring your privacy have been removed.

By: Miyuru ( K FLYER )

Miyuru ( K FLYER ) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:25:47 +0000

Are you sure that CGK was not there ?
However, it is already not much different.
NRT – 3 ( I believe cannot be expanded, bilateral issues )
BKK/HKG – 3
KUL and SIN – 7
DEL – 7
BOM – 7
MAA – 14
TRZ – 7
TRV – 7
MLE – 14
KHI – 2
BKK/PEK – 3
BKK – 1
DXB/KWI – 7
BAH – 2 ( 1 via DOH )
DMM – 2
DOH – 4 ( 1 via BAH )
LHR – 8
( schedules are showing 6, I hope they are incorrect )
FRA – 4
CDG/FCO – 2

By: Miyuru ( K FLYER )

Miyuru ( K FLYER ) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:13:15 +0000

Sorry, Mr. Smith, your comment had been stuck in the spam filter.
I am fully aware that SriLankan has an excellent staff, for which they are renowned and which I respect, but I do not think that the management is sound enough. Wasn’t Mr. Peter Hill be able to expand the airline even in spite of some of the worst times such as post 9/11, SARS and the tsunami ? So do you still believe that this management is very good at it even when they have recorded a record loss ? What about trying to change the uniform colours at a cost of Rs.60 mn without any other rebranding process in progress and solely for the sake of politics ?
If we try to hide, without playing the game, by thinking our old aircraft are still good, we are small, we don’t have money – SriLankan for sure will never expand or succeed. Some of my facts might not be correct as I am not as experienced as you are. I can understand that you’re a veteran, but ~~let me challenge you~~ I think – resumption of services to SYD and expanding under this economical situation will certainly pay off for UL in the future. The unfortune is that the management is not actively looking at pursuing these opportunities. It will only bring closer the day SriLankan is set to go down, because this style is never going to bring you a new investor.
Please understand that I have no intention of personally attacking SriLankan’s management, but they could have done a lot better.
Your comment are really interesting, keep them coming in.

By: Banuthev

Banuthev — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:14:45 +0000

It is an other excellent article from you, kflyer. Sadly we are going to see only Air Lanka Routes on Sri Lankan Airlines because of current aircraft dismissals.

Just look at the frequency of Air Lanka in 1998/1999 Flight Schedule.
NRT – 3
BKK-HKG – 3
KUL – SIN – 3 (1 of 3 flight SIN-KUL)
SIN – 2
DEL – 3
BOM – 2
MAA – 14
TRZ – 3
TRV – 6
MLE – 14
KHI – 2
MCT – AUH – 3 (1 of 3 flights AUH-MCT)
DXB – 4
DXB-KWI – 3
KWI – 1
DMM – 1
RUH – 2
BAH-DOH – 2 (1 of 2 flights DOH-BAH)
LHR – 5
CDG – FRA – 3
ZRH – FCO – 2 (1 of 2 flights FCO-ZRH)

By: Garry Smith

Garry Smith — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:21:06 +0000

Whether its GSmith or JSmith, does it matter ? A blog is suppose to be anonymous.If you check now you will see that I’m no longer from the **** area. Your blog is good. But since you don’t offer any anonymity I’m afraid this will be the last. You should take the facts out of the conversation .

All I got to say is that , you can write. But with little or no research. Which is not a good thing. You keep blaming the management of an airline and suggesting quite impractical fleet / route plans. Read what the market is doing and whats actually happening in the market without simply going out there and blaming people. Its easy for someone to say this market is untapped and that market is untapped sitting in front of a computer. But your saying it with no real hard facts. There are people in airlines ( whole departments ) to see the viability of routes.Getting aircraft and putting money into a market just because someone think its untapped is stupid.

Ciao!

Note by Editor – Details conspiring privacy have been removed.

By: Miyuru ( K FLYER )

Miyuru ( K FLYER ) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:04:49 +0000

Dear Mr. Unknown, if you do not mind my asking, may I please know who you are for real ? I can certainly tell that both G Smith and J Smith are the same and is from *****.
Anyway, SYD will not be a seasonally demanded route if you work to market it. There is a HUGE untapped demand from India to Australia which now transits at BKK and HKG. The attitude that “We are small so we can’t fight” appears to be the main fault of UL right now. There should be a clear roadmap and business strategy planned for a few years ahead and have a vision on where we should be, which must be ambitious and doable. But unfortunately it seems to be what that just doesn’t happen.

By: Garry Smith

Garry Smith — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:28:54 +0000

WYs success may also depend on the endless stream of cash flowing from the oil wells. Too bad we have really found an oil well yet. Agreed on the fact that they should try new things. MEL and SYD are not the place to go right now. Demand is only for a few months of the year. Getting new aircraft just for that is not worth it in my opinion.

By: Miyuru ( K FLYER )

Miyuru ( K FLYER ) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:10:42 +0000

Exactly, and WY is growing, but they are still tiny, in the same manner, with a sound management team UL can grow too. With the newly dawned peace they should spoil its maximum potential. Sitting while looking at the world go by doesn’t work. You’ve to be active . Routes have to be changed and they need to test new waters. I’m not meaning UL should go all the way to U.S. But there are quite a few places that they can begin, where there is already enough demand – MEL and SYD for example.

By: John Smith

John Smith — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:02:28 +0000

I thought we were talking just about South Asia.But ! AK is one of the reasons the competition got so tough.Their operations are different and they are also still relatively new. You cant compare operations of a LCC to a Legacy carrier. WY is still too new to judge (although they have been around for sometime. They only pumped in some new life into it recently). EK is an exemption because of their vast route network and centralized location. We cannot compare UL with EK because UL is still a tiny airline compared to the giants like EK.