Manoj out, Kapila in

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Mihin Lanka Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena will assume duties as the new CEO of SriLankan when the term of its CEO Manoj Gunewardena ends in July.

“The transition is taking place after July 31, I will function as the Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan,” Mr. Chandrasena confirmed to DM online.

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Comments - 21

Kaslana Thursday, 05 May 2011 02:06 PM

A "budget airline" run by those who cannot budget!

willows Friday, 06 May 2011 06:55 AM

Mr. Kapila is a very good administrator and if he is given the freedom, without political interferences, I am sure he will run the place with high standards

lankaman Friday, 06 May 2011 05:57 AM

now we will have sorry lankan airlines

spark Friday, 06 May 2011 03:29 AM

Remember this is the only country which uses a President's name to boost his public image for an airline paid by the public.

Brenan Friday, 06 May 2011 02:14 AM

Gosh our country is doomed :-(

Brenan Friday, 06 May 2011 02:14 AM

Like some thing include minus sign lol

Nimal Thursday, 05 May 2011 03:23 PM

How will they run the business will be interesting to know. Will SriLankan be a susidiary of Mihin or will Mihin be susidiary of SriLankan. Or will SriLankan be low cost :D. Anyway what I see is two airlines without a vision, mission or any strategic plan just waisting public money. Poor SriLanka, had a good reputation as one of the best airlines in the world.

Saman Thursday, 05 May 2011 03:12 PM

Pls try your best to do sth on behalf of country. Not for you.
Wish you all the best

pushpe Thursday, 05 May 2011 02:56 PM

All the MIHIN Lanka handling, fueling, maintenance & etc doing by Sri Lankan. Thats y its profit loss.

thats the same reason for MIHIN profit. thats the truth...

Sandhya Thursday, 05 May 2011 02:11 PM

It is a budget airline but unlike the budget flights in the west, to travel together as a family unit you need to pay extra, and extra for food, extra for luggage - who fancies this.
Of course this is good for short haul trips.

Sharon Thursday, 05 May 2011 08:03 AM

What sort of standard are we going to have...???

Farzan Thursday, 05 May 2011 01:50 PM

Waste of Tax payers money. Improper management of funds with political influenses

Yehiya-Doha Thursday, 05 May 2011 01:39 PM

One time I seen menu card & serving food are difference, what a service under Emirates.

Sohan Thursday, 05 May 2011 01:33 PM

Yes, give the new CEO Kapila a chance and he will show results. Let's not be negative, let us all support him our National Airline and our Country.

Dr rajarathnam Thursday, 05 May 2011 01:08 PM

Dr wicky what you have said is 100% correct-

Rohan Serasinghe Thursday, 05 May 2011 12:58 PM

Mr Kapila Chandrasena will rectify all the short comings of the badly run SriLankan Airlines and will turn it around. Give him some time to turn things round and you will see a very different SriLankan Airlines in a short time. Support our National carrier and the new CEO Kapila and see the airline grow from strength to strength!

Alex Thursday, 05 May 2011 12:56 PM

absolutely.. Sri lankan carried aprox 3million ppl as oppose to 25mil from Air Asia... they may be a budget airline but they have eaten in to SLA mkt shares so well.... top it all SLA made 6.7bil loss last year and surprisingly mihin made profits. we all know how!!!!

Dr wicky-uk Thursday, 05 May 2011 08:25 AM

Mr Chandrasena-So far Its HIMIN AIR Pls try and make it HIYEN AIR-good luck-Dr wicky-uk

local boy Thursday, 05 May 2011 08:05 AM

SriLankan is not up to its old standard and many more other regional carries like singapore airlines and malaysian airlines providing far more better services.

Alex Thursday, 05 May 2011 07:56 AM

what a waste.. hope he wont run our national carrier down like Mihin.. as it is Srilankan standards and quality of service has dropped so much.

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