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SriLankan Airlines Details | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_carrier | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneworld | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_alliance | |
It is currently the largest airline in Sri Lanka by number of |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Ceylon | |
Following its partial acquisition in 1998 by |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_(airline) | |
In 2008, the government of Sri Lanka acquired all the shares of the airline from Emirates. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SriLankan_Airlines#cite_note-5 | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_(airline) | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SriLankan_Airlines#cite_note-6 | |
The Airline operates to 120 destinations in 58 countries (including codeshare operations) from its main hub located at |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandaranaike_International_Airport | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo | |
SriLankan Airlines joined the |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneworld | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SriLankan_Airlines#cite_note-:1-7 | |
Air Lanka | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lockheed_L-1011-385-1-15_TriStar_200,_AirLanka_AN0195817.jpg | |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Lockheed_L-1011-385-1-15_TriStar_200%2C_AirLanka_AN0195817.jpg/220px-Lockheed_L-1011-385-1-15_TriStar_200%2C_AirLanka_AN0195817.jpg | |
An Air Lanka |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-1011_TriStar | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_Airport | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boeing_747-238B,_AirLanka_AN1108765.jpg | |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Boeing_747-238B%2C_AirLanka_AN1108765.jpg/220px-Boeing_747-238B%2C_AirLanka_AN1108765.jpg | |
Air Lanka |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747 | |
In 1979 Former airline manager Rajeewa Jayaweera, President |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene | |
Former President of Singapore Lee Kwan Yeu, remarked "How could an airline pilot run an airline?". | |
A 1986 Presidential Commission discovered the Air Lanka Board looking and uncovered many mismanagements. | |
Under President |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingiri_Banda_Wijetunga | |
None of them had the know-how or understanding to run a business airline. | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SriLankan_Airlines#cite_note-8 | |
[8] | |
Air Lanka was established as the flag carrier of |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Ceylon | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SriLankan_Airlines#cite_note-9 | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_707 | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Airlines | |
One |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737 | |
On 24 April 1980, the lease ended; Air Lanka received a replacement Boeing 737 leased from |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Brunei_Airlines | |
On 1 November 1980, Air Lanka commenced wide-body operations which were leased |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L1011 | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada | |
On 15 April 1982, Air Lanka purchased an L1011 Tristar from |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Nippon_Airways | |
With the introduction of Tristar aircraft, the Boeing 707s were phased out. | |
Then another L1011 was leased from |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada | |
On 1 May 1982, |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAECO | |
On 28 March 1980, Air Lanka signed a purchase agreement for two brand new |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L1011 | |
The first Lockheed L1011-500 (4R-ULA) was accepted on 26 August 1982, at |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmdale | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California | |
It was flown to Amsterdam as UL flight 566P. | |
On 28 August, 4R-ULA "City of Colombo" left for its inaugural flight from Amsterdam to Colombo as UL566. | |
It reached Colombo on 29 August. | |
This was followed by the second Lockheed L1011-500, 4R-ULB, "City of Jayawardanapura". | |
On 8 June 1984 the airline received its first |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747-200B | |
The aircraft were used on flights to |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe |