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Hashan dis

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    kmc madushan

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    Sri Lanka to pursue an open sky policy with restriction free traffic to attract international airlines

    The Sri Lankan Government will pursue an open sky policy with restriction free traffic in a move to attract international airlines to the country's two international airports and make Sri Lanka a preferred destination.

    Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake presenting budget proposals for 2016 to parliament pointed out that there is considerable travel between Africa and East Asia and it is estimated to grow substantially in the next 10 years.

    He proposed to the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotional Bureau to get together with the international Airlines to create strategies to attract those tourists and entice them to stopover in Sri Lanka in their travel from East to West.

    With a view to promoting domestic tourism in the country, the Minister proposed to exempt airlines using domestic airports from ground handling charges and other fees. They will be liable to pay only a license fee of Rs.1.5 million per year.

    To improve the domestic air transportation, three new domestic airports will be established at Digana, Badulla and Puttalam through a PPP arrangement.

    The Minister also proposed to increase the over flying charges of commercial planes by 20 percent from 01, January 2016.



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    Hashan dis

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    BIA’s temporary shutdown in 2017


    Sri Lanka’s main international airport, Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) is scheduled to partially close in 2017 for three months to carry out maintenance work on the runway, Civil Aviation Authority Director General (DG) H.M.C. Nimalsiri told the Business Times on Friday.
    He noted that this would be decided early since airlines need to be informed one year ahead of such closures.
    In this respect, he pointed out that this would be the first time such overlaying or re-surfacing would be carried out on the runway at the BIA since its construction in 1986.

    This would amount to a closure of the airport operations for eight hours per day for a period of three months, the DG said.
    Mr. Nimalsiri said that re-surfacing would be carried out on the runway due to the wear and tear on it and since the friction level on it could come down over use throughout the years and also due to loose elements as well.

    He pointed out that a lot of safety hazards were at stake unless the runway was not maintained properly that would be carried out in one year’s time. The cost of the project is yet to be estimated and currently the CAA is planning on working out how to make the necessary arrangements to ensure there would be fewer disturbances to traffic at the airport, he said.
    “We will find the least congested hours causing least disturbance for airlines and work out an alternative,” the DG said.
    Currently, there are 175 aircraft movements per day and the closure would affect airport operations, hotels and the rest of the country as well, he pointed out.

    Expansion work on the BIA is ongoing at a cost of Rs.80 billion that would enhance its capacity from the current 7.8 million to 15 million upon completion within three year, it was stated.

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    Hashan dis

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    Heavy Call Signs

    When aircraft are near their arrival or departure airports, pilots and controllers will add the word “heavy” to some call signs: “Delta two-three Heavy.” Heavy is used for aircraft that have a maximum takeoff weight of 300,000 pounds or more. Adding Heavy to the call sign is a reminder that the airplane generates a large amount of dangerous wake turbulence on takeoff and landing. Air traffic controllers increase the spacing behind heavies so airplanes that follow them don’t encounter the turbulence.

    Examples of a few heavies:

    Boeing 747, 757, 767, 777, 787.
    Airbus A300, A310, A330, A340, A350, A380
    The Boeing 757 is designated a Heavy even though the aircraft’s max takeoff weight is less than 300,000 pounds because it generates a significant amount of wake turbulence.
     

    rochel1977

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