THE ILL-FATED KASHMIR PRINCESS: STORY OF AN AIR INDIA CONSTELLATION THAT CRASHED IN 1955
The year was 1955. Indo China relations were quite warm, the Panschsheel had been signed the previous year. In 1954, Premier Zhou Enlai had...
SriLankan Airlines offers ‘buy one get one free’ to Moscow
Lankan Airlines has announced a special ‘buy one and get one free’ offer for the Russian holidaymakers to visit Sri Lanka during this summer...
Passengers confident in Onboard Safety, continue to support mask-wearing
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HISTORY OF CIVIL AVIATION IN SRI LANKA 1911-2011
Compiled by: Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF (Retd)
1940
On 19th June, N.S. Makalanda made history when he hired an aeroplane and made a spectacular aerial...
ගුවන් යානා රුසියානු සංචාරකයන්ගෙන් පිරේ
මේ මාසයේ ඉදිරි මාසය තුල රුසියානු සංචාරකයන් දහසකට ආසන්න පිරිසක් මෙරටට පැමිණීමට නියමිතය. ඔක්තෝම්බර් මාසය තුල මොස්කව් සිට කොළඹට පැමිණෙන සියලුම ශ්රී ලංකන් ගුවන්...
Twin awards for SriLankan Airlines in Singapore
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MASKELIYA REVISITED
On the night of 4th December 1974 at approximately 1641 UTC a Martinair DC8 55F aircraft, ondescent into Colombo, hit the fifth...
Clarification from SriLankan Airlines
SriLankan Airlines wishes to clarify and place on record that the social media content currently being circulated, which was posted by the Flight Attendants’...
oneworld names Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker as Governing Board Chairman
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He succeeds Qantas Group CEO...
Immigration and Emigration Facilities at Katunayake Airport expanded
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