SriLankan cancels flights due to technical issues

Hon. Sarneris Saturday, 09 November 2024 11:32 PM

Meals? That's it?? They should at least compensate the cost of travel from their homes to the airport.

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Smh Saturday, 09 November 2024 11:36 PM

This is really going to have people thinking twice about flying UL. No point in holding on to a national carrier if it is a liability. Just privatize it and protect whatever remaining honor it has.

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Kumara Sunday, 10 November 2024 02:04 AM

Recently I have been hearing bad publicity like this from passengers who travelled with the Sri Lankan. If you can't manage then pass to someone who can.

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Jude Sunday, 10 November 2024 02:31 AM

High time government to get out of airline business.I reiterate, sell the DAMN planes and return those on lease. We don't have any expertise to run a airline Sustainable Profitability.. The cumulative loss of SRI Lankan airlines is Over couple of trillion rupees, people it's trillion not billion. Someone should realize that the SriLankan airline losses cannot continue, it's draining the TREASURY, this money could be used for some other projects.

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Cheers Sunday, 10 November 2024 03:08 AM

So now what does the new government NPP who objected getting new aircraft's when in 3% opposition has to say. These are blood thirst politicians including the current president. Airline should manage its expectations not the current government who are clueless and have no economy sense

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Keerthi Dissanayake - Aviation Consultant Sunday, 10 November 2024 05:13 AM

These delays are frequent and same answer is given on every occasion. Who bears the costs of hotel accommodation when given ? What is this so called restructuring of the airline ? What is CEO doing? I have given a very viable proposal to the NPP but yet to hear from them

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Ravi K Sunday, 10 November 2024 07:15 AM

Southwest Airlines (USA) changed my ticket from evening 3 pm flight to Morning 6am flight and did not inform me at all. My connecting flight does not arrive until 9am and I would never have been able to catch the 6 am flight they had changed to. I had to book a new flight, and the customer service response was due to unavoidable circumstances they had to change it. This is a global issue where customers are treated badly.

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Close Down Sunday, 10 November 2024 07:53 AM

How many flights? What are the flights? Public has the right to know what's going on with cee Lanka airways. Close down for heaven's sake. We cannot go on like this loss loss and more losses and more and more losses.

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Chris Sunday, 10 November 2024 09:25 AM

Just sell the damn thing.What has the new board of directors done so far?

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Sokrates Sunday, 10 November 2024 09:54 AM

There are still large airlines like Lufthansa and Swiss that use SriLankan as a feeder for their flights from India because there is no alternative. I had to rely on it too, but have been lucky so far. If I were affected, it would be really expensive for SriLankan. I only fly business class, which means that SriLankan would have to put me up in a 5-star hotel, and my food and drinks would be correspondingly exclusive. A possible rebooking with another airline (Emirates, Qatar, Turkish) would also be more expensive. In addition, there would be compensation for lost business if I missed appointments. Sell this junk airline that only flies losses. I would never book a flight with SriLankan myself (my short SriLankan flights were booked by Lufthansa or Swiss).

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Eper Sunday, 10 November 2024 09:58 AM

Air Ceylon to Air Lanka and then Sri Lankan which resulted in corruption and wastage due new Aircraft deals at high cost(with commission).As a National Carrier is vital for the TOURISM INDUSTRY, kindly get the services of experienced Airline professionals (not friends and family members) to lead SRILANKAN. Passengers don’t need free meals n hotel accommodation

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Jude Sunday, 10 November 2024 10:21 AM

NPP government will be severely scrutinized for how they handle the gigantic money losing SriLankan airlines. There's only one way to resolve it, Sell planes and return the leased planes. The country don't need a national airline that's bleeding Red eternally. Yeah OVER trillion rupees. What's the SriLankan airline doing is helping some Rich people to roam the world at the expense of poor Sri Lankan people who'll Never use the airline. That money better use to reduce poverty in the country. If One tell me in front of me that SL needs a national airline, I will slap that person, yeah slap hard.

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Rip Winkle Sunday, 10 November 2024 11:02 AM

This is our national carrier that the Mahindra Rajapaksa ruined. As a patriotic Sri Lankan, it makes my blood boil each time I see such news.

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kamal Sunday, 10 November 2024 11:16 AM

NPP will appoint a batchmate from Kelaniya University to fix this

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Carmichael Sunday, 10 November 2024 01:35 PM

No regular visitor to SL will ever fly with this airline. I have flown twice with them and had a bad experience each time. I now use Qatar or Etihad. Even with a stopover at Doha or Abu Dhabi I can rely on an efficient service. There is no trust in Sri Lankan now. Let other airlines fly direct to Colombo and put this moribund white elephant out of its misery.

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LankanArab Sunday, 10 November 2024 03:00 PM

Not a good omen for NPP, same thing started with GR, are we seeing the beginning of the fuel queues.

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Labby Sunday, 10 November 2024 04:04 PM

Just ego and a lack of common sense that's keeping AKD and the NPP from privatising this limping airline. He talks big but he can't see beyond his nose.

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Arusuna Sunday, 10 November 2024 06:00 PM

The Pakses ruined SriLanka beyond belief. Let them rot for ever.

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Mk Sunday, 10 November 2024 06:10 PM

NPP doesnt want to sell it. Godforbid any disaster should happen.

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S.K Kumara Monday, 11 November 2024 04:12 AM

I think criticize the new government every time Srilankan encounters a technical issue is ludicrous. Two decades of mismanagement and poor maintenance (not safety related) have contributed to flight delays and have compromised the international standards of inflight comfort. Sri Lankan requires serious cleaning and an audit including disciplinary action.

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