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ABOUT THE COMPANY Click here to view Management Chart
  • LankAir established 1993
  • Private airline company based out of Colombo
  • Approved by Board of Investment
  • Was operating a domestic service until government ban on internal flights for national security concerns
  • Recent change in policies and bilateral agreements now present opportunities for the aviation sector
  • As RonanAir we are now re-establishing operations
  • Incorporating additional international routes

HANDLING OF AIRCRAFTS (click here for more info)

 

 OUR OFFICES  
   
  • Occupy spacious property
  • Located in prestigious area of Colombo
  • Close to all amenities and transport links
  • Latest communications technologies
  • All other facilities to operate secured tition

OUR AIRLINE CENTRE

 


First, and only, of its kind in the region Modelled on Dubai Government DNATA Airline Centre

24,000 sq.ft. two-floor centre
Parking for 100 cars
Open 365 days
State-of-the-art communications

 
  • Airline booths
  • Tour counters
  • Training facility
  • Aviation academy
  • Travel boutiques
  • Travel resource centre
  • Restaurant
  • Conference rooms
  • Bank ATMs
  • Forex bureau
MISSION & GOALS    
OUR BUSINESS MODEL  
Offering significant price advantages to clients and cost advantages to operators.
  • Point to point networks
  • Intensive use of e-commerce
  • Basic low-fare structure
  • Simple in-flight services
  • Flexible staffing
  • Minimal overheads

Our Office:
104, Nawala Road,
Narahenpita,
Colombo 5,
Sri lanka

Talk to us for more info:
(94-11) 2589960, 2589966

Fax:
(94-11) 2589968, 2503755

Email:
admin@lankair.net

OUR GOAL  
A cost-effective, competitively-priced, high-quality air service for leisure and business travellers on key routes in Asia, Europe and the Gulf States
   
SERVING THE MARKET  

We aim to respond to currently unmet market demands:

  • Rapidly growing market for travel to Sri Lanka & Maldives
  • Low airline capacity and limited seat availability
  • Lack of direct flights on high-demand routes
  • High ticket prices, few flight options and low competition
  ROUTES & DESTINATIONS  
  WE FLY TO  
 
  • Major cities in Asia, the Gulf and Europe
  • Popular markets and important hub connections
  
WHERE WE FLY TO Click here for view  
Colombo-Ahmedabad-Male-Colombo
Colombo-Budapest-Male-Cochin-Colombo Colombo-Dubai-Colombo
Colombo-Hyderabad-Male-Colombo
Colombo-Kolkata-Dhaka-Colombo 		Colombo-Male-Cochin-Colombo
Colombo-Moscow-Colombo
Colombo-Seoul-Male-Cochin-Colombo
Colombo-Shanghai-Male-Colombo
Colombo-Yangon-Colombo
  OUR PLANES (270 all-economy class seats ) Click here for a Price Chart
  Initial fleet:
  Boeing 767-300 ER
Boeing 767-300
   
  IN-FLIGHT SERVICE
  Duty free sales
Pay-to-view entertainment
Long-haul hot and cold meals
Short-haul food and drink sales
     
  PRICES & PASSENGERS  
  OUR PASSENGERS Click here for a Graph view  
 
  • Tourist and leisure passengers
  • Business travellers
  • Labour traffic

Asia is expected to record highest air traffic growth in 2004-05

  
     
  OUR MARKET SHARE  
  Will capture significant share of existing markets Will support expansion of new markets and destinations
MARKETING & SALES  
  • GSA and PSA arrangements
  • Include reputed national agents
  • Code-share arrangements with airline partners also include marketing & sales agreements
  OUR FINANCE  
  OUR PERFORMENCE Click here to view the chart  
 
  • High return on investment
  • Fast start-up period
  • Rapid attainment of break-even
  • Positive NPV and high IRR
  • Sustained future growth
  • Robust to cost and price changes
 
  MEASURES OF SUCCESS  
 
  • Total Project Cost $45.84 million
  • Net Present Value $52.14 million
  • IRR 97%
  • Benefit:cost ratio 1.07
 
  OUR STARTUP PLAN  
3 Months Pre-operational phase
Months 1-5 Phase I
First plane in operation Startup routes commence
Month 6 Phase II
Second plane in operation Full long and shorthaul flights
Years 2 & 3 Phase III
Further route & fleet expansion to Europe, N.America Australia
     
  DEVELOPMENT LINKS  
  REGAINING SRI LANKA  
  The defining policy document and action plan charting Sri Lanka’s development vision, goals, strategy and path for the future, 2003-2006:  
 
  • Accelerating process of privatization of commercial activities
  • Reforming legal foundation of the economy
  • Increasing efficiency in critical government functions
 
  TOURISM & ECONOMY  
  RonanAir – supporting a critical sector for Sri Lanka’s future economic growth and prosperity  

In 2003, tourism accounted for:

  • More than $250 million domestic receipts
  • Total economic economic activity of $1.4 billion (8.6% of GDP)
  • 600,000 direct and indirect jobs (7.1% of total)
  • $377.2 million of capital investment (10.5% of total)
  • $724 million forex earnings (10% of total exports)
  NATIONAL GOALS  
RonanAir’s operations make a significant contribution to the Government’s stated policy goals and development targets:  
  • Reducing poverty through private sector-led growth
  • Tourism, transport and communications sectoral goals
  • Transforming and building confidence in the tourism sector
  • Developing the civil aviation sector
  • Establishing Sri Lanka as a regional hub for airline travel
  • Foreign exchange earnings, employment and investment