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The animal’s appearance on an Airbus A330 flight from Lahore, Pakistan to the Sri Lankan capital sparked lengthy delays and a day-long aircraft search to check for damage and locate the rodent.
An Air Lanka Boeing 747-200B at London Gatwick Airport in 1984 An Air Lanka Lockheed L-1011 TriStar at Zurich Airport in 1998. In 1979, after the removal of airline manager Nimesh Fernando, Sri Lanka's president Jayawardene initially did not interfere after entrusting the airline to Captain Rakitha Wickramanayake and the board of directors consisting of industry officials and managers.
Sri Lanka's former ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, meanwhile, was accused of benefiting from a corrupt scheme involving the procurement of MiG aircraft for the Sri Lankan Air Force.
In August 2016, PIA launched a new "Premier Service" for flights to London, using an Airbus A330-300 wet-leased from SriLankan Airlines. [62] The wet-lease period ended after six months, and as a result, the A330-300 was returned to SriLankan Airlines, [63] and the Premier Service discontinued. By the end of 2016, the airline was saddled with ...
Airline IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced Hubs Planned fleet by 2028 Type Pakistan International Airlines: PK PIA: PAKISTAN: 1946: Islamabad International Airport: 48 Full service Airblue: PA ABQ: Air Blue: 2004: Islamabad International Airport: 30 Full service Serene Air: ER SEP: Serene Air: 2017: Jinnah International Airport: 20 Full service Air ...
A Sri Lanka-bound commercial aircraft had to make an emergency landing at the Melbourne airport after smoke was spotted inside the cabin.. The Sri Lankan Airlines flight UL605 landed at the ...
Imperial Airways was one of the first airlines to fly to Karachi in December 1926 when Pakistan was a part of British India. [ 2 ] J. R. D. Tata made the maiden voyage from Juhu Aerodrome in Bombay (now Mumbai ) to Drigh Road airstrip (now Jinnah International Airport), Karachi , via Ahmedabad , on 15 October 1932, carrying mail in a Puss Moth ...
[37] [38] SriLankan Airlines operated a hub at the airport until 2015. In triangle routings through Colombo, the airline flew to Bangkok, Beijing, Chennai, Jeddah, Malé, Riyadh, Shanghai, and Tiruchirappalli from Mattala. The hub was closed on 17 January 2015, as the airline was accruing great losses on the routes. [39]