Saturday, March 16, 2013

Lankan pilot to fly first Air Arabia flight



The inaugural Air Arabia flight G9508 scheduled to be taken off to Mattala on the historic day of March 18, 2013 will be manned by Captain Narada Ranasinghe, the only Sri Lankan captain working for Air Arabia. After having obtained his CPL from Lion Air and Instrument Rating in Melbourne, Australia, the old Anandian stepped into the cockpit at the age of 25 as a young Cadet Pilot at Sri Lankan Airlines in 2000. 

Narada wore his Four Stripes as a Captain in 2009 on Airbus A320 and A330, while he was still serving for Sri Lankan Airlines. In 2011, Captain Ranasinghe joined Air Arabia as the first Sri Lankan pilot to work for the airline. Captain Ranasinghe considers it as a privileged opportunity to be landing the inaugural Air Arabia flight at the Rajapaksa International Airport in Mattala and becoming a part of the nation’s historic milestone.

Airbus will be taken off by Captain Ranasinghe from Sharjah International Airport on Monday with passengers onboard and will land at Mattala at 10.30am. The budget Airline Company is expanding its presence in the Island by operating twice a week flights between Sharjah and Mattala which will be increased to four times a week by May 2013.
 

Story and Photo:  http://www.nation.lk

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