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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hashan dis" data-source="post: 21317729" data-attributes="member: 124785">SriLankan wastes millions on lease aircraft seatsSriLankan Airlines is spending millions of dollars in refurbishing  the seats of its leased aircraft and the airline engineers claim that  this is an unwanted expense. An official from the SriLankan Engineers Union told the Daily News  that over 600 seats were imported to be installed in the leased aircraft  for what is said to improve, ‘cabin appearance’ However when Thai Airways and several other airlines had engaged in  the same process they had overcome the problem in an cost effective  manner simply by adding a new decorated cover to the existing seat.The union member said that the mockery of this whole exercise is that  these seats are being added to leased aircraft and when the lease is  over they have to be replaced with the original seats once again. The airline has now also taken a huge yard in Seeduwa and is stocking  these old seats until such time they have to be re fitted to the  aircraft when the lease is over. “The airline is paying huge sums to up keep this yard in Seeduwa which is only used for stacking old seats,”he said. The unions points out that if they wanted better seats that should  have been negotiated at the point of obtaining the lease.Meanwhile eye  brows are also being raised as to why a particular aircraft (A320  4R-ABK) which is ending its lease in a few months time is being  refurbished spending millions of rupees. “This aircraft is to be now run by INDIGO airlines and it is being  fitted with all new parts belonging to SriLankan which need not be  done.” The engineers say that whenever an INDIGO aircraft comes for a  mechanical test to Colombo (C Check) all top engineers at SriLankan come  and personally give it preferential treatment. Meanwhile the Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya (SLNSS) branch of SriLankan  Airlines has said that they would resort to trade union action if they  are not updated on the latest developments on the sale of the airline  and have asked for an opportunity to meet President Maithripala  Sirisena. President SLNSS, Janaka Wijayapathiratne told Daily News that they  want this meeting with the President because conflicting messages are  being given by Ministers as well as top decision makers of the airline.  He said that the Chairman of SriLankan Airlines says that he does not  know anything about these developments and to ask the Government. Ten companies placed their bids for a stake in SriLankan Airlines and  three investors Peace Air which has links in Sri Lanka, Maldivian based  Super Group and US based TPG group were short listed. </blockquote>

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