SriLankan wooed by Boeing

With business booming for SriLankan from increased tourist and other arrivals to the country, aircraft manufacturers aggressively peddling their merchandise in Colombo and the frontrunner according to aviation insiders this time is America’s Boeing.
Sources said the rival Airbus of Europe, which already has a firm foothold here since President Premadasa purchased five new aircraft from it just prior to his assassination in 1993 too is in the running. Since that initial purchase of two short range A-320s and......

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Sahaab Aircraft Leasing places A320 with SriLankan Airlines

Freedom Town, Kuwait - December 13, 2010 - Jazeera Airways Group today announced that Sahaab Aircraft Leasing (Sahaab), a fully owned subsidiary, has placed an Airbus A320 aircraft on long-term lease with SriLankan Airlines in a deal valued at more than USD 20 million for a placement period of more than six years.

This is Sahaab's second lease to an international customer in the last two months, following the placement of four Airbus A320s to San Francisco-based Virgin America in a deal valued at......

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SriLankan Airlines to acquire seven new aircraft by 2011-end

COLOMBO: National carrier SriLankan Airlines today said it will soon acquire its first brand of new aircraft in more than a decade among the seven aircraft it plans to take delivery of by 2011-end.

They include five Airbus A320's, including three brand new aircraft, and two Twin Otter float planes.

"We will be celebrating an important new chapter in the history of SriLankan Airlines with the arrival of this large number of aircraft within a short period," SriLankan's CEO Manoj Gunawardena today said.

He said this would allow the airlines to significantly enhance the passenger service. "This will give us the ability to fly to more cities in the Subcontinent, Middle East and Southeast Asia, and to also increase capacity to existing destinations in these regions," he today said in a statement.

The last time Sri Lanka's National Carrier took delivery of a brand new aircraft was in......

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Pembroke arranges SriLankan Air deal

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Jane’s - Transport Finance reported on September 3, 2010, that aircraft lessor Pembroke Capital has arranged the sale/leaseback of three A330-200 aircraft for SriLankan Airlines. Pembroke Capital was sole adviser to the airline. The three aircraft, which were sold to Aircastle, are of a 1999 vintage......

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Aircastle to Acquire Three Airbus A330 Aircraft

STAMFORD, Conn., July 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Aircastle Limited (NYSE: AYR) announced today that it entered into an agreement with SriLankan Airlines Limited, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, for the purchase and leaseback of three Airbus A330-200 aircraft. The purchase and leaseback of the first of the three aircraft was completed Monday, with the remaining two aircraft scheduled for closing in......

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SRILANKAN AIRLINES LEASES ONE (1) USED AIRBUS A330-200 AIRCRAFT FROM ILFC

Los Angeles, CA, June 24, 2010 — International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG), announced the lease placement of one (1) used Airbus A330-200 aircraft to SRILANKAN AIRLINES.

SRILANKAN AIRLINES, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka leased one (1) used Airbus A330-200 aircraft from ILFC. The aircraft will deliver in......

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