SriLankan Airlines
| SriLankan Airlines ශ්රීලංකන් ගුවන් සේවය |
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| IATA code : | UL |
| ICAO code : | ALK |
| Call sign : | SRILANKAN |
| Founding: | 1979 (as Air Lanka Ltd.) |
| Seat: |
Katunayake , Sri Lanka
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| Home airport : | Bandaranaike International Airport |
| Company form: | State company |
| IATA prefix code : | 603 |
| Management: | Vipula Gunatilleka ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 7,000 |
| Sales: | ₨ 131.9 billion (2015) |
| Passenger volume: | 12.96 million (2015) |
| Alliance : | Oneworld Alliance |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | FlySmiLes |
| Fleet size: | 26 (+ 8 orders) |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | www.srilankan.com |
SriLankan Airlines ( Sinhala ශ්රීලංකන් ගුවන් සේවය , until 1999 Air Lanka or under the brand name AIRLANKA) is one of the state-owned airlines in Sri Lanka , based in Katunayake and based at Bandaranaike International Airport . It is a member of the oneworld aviation alliance .
history
SriLankan Airlines was founded on January 10, 1979 under the name Air Lanka as the successor company to the insolvent Air Ceylon . Flight operations began on September 1, 1979 under the brand name AIRLANKA with two leased Boeing 707s . The first flight was from Colombo to London Gatwick . In addition, Bangkok , Mumbai , Frankfurt am Main , Zurich , Chennai , Malé and Singapore were initially served by Colombo. In the first year, AirLanka carried around 250,000 passengers . From October 1980, the company first used a leased Lockheed L-1011 TriStar . These machines became the standard aircraft on long-haul routes in the 1980s. In addition, from 1984 to 1987 the company leased two Boeing 747-200s from Qantas one after the other in order to be able to serve destinations such as London or Frankfurt even with high passenger loads. AirLanka grew continuously, also due to development aid from European countries. In 1990, 26 destinations were served. The company put its first Airbus , an A320-200 , into service in 1992. Since then, all aircraft have been replaced by new Airbus machines.
In 1998 a partnership was formed with Dubai- based Emirates , which acquired a 40 percent stake in AirLanka. From then on Emirates took over the management for ten years. The airline received its current name SriLankan Airlines and the current logo in 1999 . Emirates announced in early January 2008 that it would be leaving the management of SriLankan Airlines by the end of March 2008. In July 2010, the Sri Lankan government repurchased all of the shares held by Emirates at a cost of US $ 53 million .
On May 1, 2014, SriLankan Airlines joined the oneworld airline alliance .
Destinations
SriLankan Airlines mainly flies from Colombo to destinations in South Asia and the Middle and Far East . In Europe , the only destination served is London .
- Code sharing
SriLankan Airlines has codeshare agreements with Air Canada , Air India , Alitalia , Asiana Airlines , Etihad Airways , Finnair , Japan Airlines , Malaysia Airlines , Oman Air , Qatar Airways , S7 Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines .
fleet
As of March 2020, the SriLankan Airlines fleet consists of 26 aircraft with an average age of 9.0 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Economy ) |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 5 | 4R-ABO in oneworld special livery | 136 (16/120)
150 (12/138) 162 (12/150) |
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| Airbus A320neo | 2 | 1 | leased from ALC | 150 (12/138) |
| Airbus A321-200 | 2 | 169 (16/153)
200 (12/188) |
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| Airbus A321neo | 4th | leased from ALC | 188 (12/176) | |
| Airbus A330-200 | 6th | 4R-ALH in oneworld special livery. The 4R-ALS machine (msn 1008) should no longer be used on its own lines from January 2019 because of its tight seating with a good 330 seats. | 269 (18/251) 270 (18/252) 274 (18/256) |
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| Airbus A330-300 | 7th | 3 successively leased to Pakistan International Airlines | 297 (28/269) | |
| Airbus A350-900 | 7th | 3 are leased; Delivery currently uncertain | - open - | |
| total | 26th | 8th |
Incidents
There have been no accidents in the form of crashes or the like since the airline was founded, but it has been the victim of two attacks:
- On May 3, 1986, an Air Lanka Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was destroyed by a hidden bomb while it was being loaded at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo . 21 people were killed (see also Air Lanka flight 512 ) .
- On July 24, 2001, two Airbus A330s and one A320 and one A340 each were destroyed in an attack by the separatist organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Bandaranaike International Airport . As a result, the company lost almost 30% of its fleet at the time (4 of 14 machines).
See also
Web links
- SriLankan Airlines website (including Sinhala, English, German)
- History of Air Lanka
Individual evidence
- ↑ srilankan.com - About us (English)
- ↑ a b c srilankan.com - Annual reports accessed on September 11, 2019
- ↑ Airlanka Timetables. Airline Timetable Images. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
- ^ Flight International, March 14, 1990
- ^ Flight International, September 15, 1979
- ↑ businessweek.com - Sri Lanka Buys Emirates' Stake in SriLankan Airlines, July 7, 2010 (English)
- ↑ oneworld.com - SriLankan Airlines to join oneworld on May 1 , accessed March 6, 2014
- ↑ srilankan.com - Routes accessed on February 28, 2017
- ↑ srilankan.com - Codeshare Partner, accessed March 19, 2017.
- ^ SriLankan Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 26, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Airbus - Orders & deliveries , accessed on February 28, 2017
- ↑ srilankan.com - SriLankan Airlines welcomes the sophisticated Airbus A320neo to its fleet, February 27, 2017 (English), accessed on February 28, 2017
- ↑ srilankan.com - Our fleet accessed on February 28, 2017
- ↑ SriLankan Airlines seeks to lease out "unsuitable" A330-200 , ch-aviation, January 22, 2019
- ↑ piac.com.pk - PIA signs contract for lease of three A-330s, July 29, 2016 (English), accessed on September 10, 2016
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Too expensive: Sri Lankan wants to get rid of the Airbus A350, May 11, 2016, accessed on September 10, 2016
- ↑ Data on the airline SriLankan Airlines in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on September 8, 2013.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report of the accident of May 3, 1986 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- ↑ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international 2001/2002 . Zurich Airport 2001.
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