SriLankan Engineering to Do Maintenance Checks on IndiGo Airbuses. Contract with India’s Largest Low Fare Carrier, It's Biggest

11th April 2011, www.lankabusinessonline.com

SriLankan Airlines said its aircraft maintenance arm SriLankan Engineering has secured a deal to carry out maintenance checks on twenty aircraft for India’s largest low-fare carrier IndiGo in 2011.

It was SriLankan Engineering's biggest contract to-date, the airline said in a statement.

"This is the third consecutive year in which IndiGo has awarded SriLankan Engineering the contract to carry out ‘C-checks’ on its Airbus A320-200 fleet, and is a significant expansion from the C-checks on 13 aircraft in 2009 and another 13 in 2010."

C-checks are carried out on an aircraft every 18 months, and work on the IndiGo fleet is being carried out throughout the year.

SriLankan Engineering has gained a reputation as the regional specialist in maintenance of Airbus aircraft at its hub at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).

Apart from supporting the needs of the national carrier, SriLankan Airlines’ own all-Airbus fleet, SriLankan Engineering has carried out projects on aircraft of other regional carriers.

These include as Pakistan’s Airblue and India’s GoAir, as well as routine work on aircraft of several airlines that operate to BIA, north of the capital Colombo.

“South Asia is one of the most rapidly growing regions in the global air transport industry, and SriLankan Engineering is ideally positioned to serve the needs of all types of airlines in the Subcontinent, Middle East, and Southeast Asia,” said SriLankan’s Head of Engineering Priyantha Rose.

“We are currently carrying out a long-term programme to enhance our facilities at BIA."

SriLankan Engineering has in recent years been positioning itself as a Maintenance-Repair-Overhaul (MRO) organisation in the region.

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Sri Lankan Engineers Build 18MW Mini Hydro Plant in Uganda

25th February 2011, www.news360.lk

Uganda has recently connected an 18 MW mini-hydro power plant to its national grid, which has been built by the Sri Lankan engineers.

Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Ministry announced that the new hydro power plant located 305 kilometers away from the country’s capital city “Kampala” was opened by Uganda’s Energy Minister Simon D’ujanga.

Nearly 200 Sri Lankans consisting of engineers and skilled workers have taken part to build the hydro power plant.

The facility which is known as “Mpanga Hydro Power plant” consists of a 103 meter long tunnel and 3 turbines.

Sri Lanka’s VS Hydro (Pvt) Limited is the firm who has taken over the construction work of this plant, which the investment has been around US$ 26 million.

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Sri Lanka's CECB Consulted on Overseas Hydro and Engineering Projects

16th October 2010, www.dailynews.lk, By Priyanka Kurugala

A number of requests for consulting to construct on hydro electrical projects have been received by the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau on engineering function from several African states, said Irrigation and Water Resources Development Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva.

Tanzania, Malawi State, Uganda, Kenya are these states. Kenyan Budget Committee Chairman and Parliament Member Ellias P MBay met Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva to discuss matters in this regard recently.

The Minister said this is an opportunity to show engineering skills of Sri Lanka to the world. It is a means of earning foreign currency to the country. The Minister said the Ministry has earned US$ 200 million for 2010. This could be increased up to US$ one billion.

The Minister said Middle East countries have requested assistance of such experts. The Ministry will sign agreements with these countries to supply consultants services.

Kenyan Parliament Member Ellias P MBay said they have the confidence on Sri Lankan engineering. Because both countries have the same climatic conditions, lands, natural environmental conditions they have decided to request for the support of Sri Lanka to construct their hydro power projects.

Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau provides advisory services to local as well as foreign organizations.

Techno 2010, Sri Lanka's National Engineering & Technology Exhibition from 8 - 10 Oct at BMICH, Colombo

08th October 2010, www.dailynews.lk

Techno 2010 the National Engineering and Technology Exhibition organized by the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka will commence today at the BMICH.

Techno 2010 Organizing Committee Chairman Prof Ananda Jayawardane said this year's Techno has many special features such as Government mega infrastructure projects, an engineering pavilion organized by the IESL, Sectional Committees and Provincial Centres, Robot Competition organized by the IT Sectional Committee and the Young Members Section, Junior Inventor of the Year winning displays, Educational seminars, Technical Clinics, Higher Educations and R&D Institutes, in addition to a host of exhibitions and stalls ranging from indigenous to cutting-edge and state-of-the-art technologies, components, products and services in over 250 stalls.

Techno 2010 brings out the county's multi-disciplinary engineering talents to drive Sri Lanka into technological excellence to uplift people's living conditions.The exhibition will conclude on October 10.

SriLankan Engineering's C-Checks on India’s GoAir A320s Strengthens Its Reputation in Aircraft Maintenance in South Asia

25th May 2010, www.dailynews.lk

SriLankan Engineering has strengthened its reputation as the aircraft maintenance specialist of choice in the South Asian region by adding the Indian low-fare carrier GoAir to its list of customer airlines.

The major maintenance checks on two Airbus A320 aircraft are the first operations to be carried out for GoAir by SriLankan Engineering.

The projects, known as C-checks, are periodic mandatory programs of the aircrafts manufacturer, Airbus Industries, during which the entire aircraft is closely inspected for wear and tear, and necessary repairs carried out. The C-checks on both aircraft will be carried out in March at SriLankan Engineering’s main facility at Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).

In February, SriLankan Engineering commenced a series of C-checks on 13 aircraft of another Indian low-fare carrier, IndiGo, which contracted its C-check programme to SriLankan Engineering for a second successive year following the success of C-checks on 13 of its aircraft in 2009.

SriLankan Engineering enhanced its profile in the global aviation industry by being certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency to the prestigious EASA 145 standard.

Winner of Airbus Industries award for Operational Excellence in both A330 and A340 aircraft in the small airline category, SriLankan Engineering recently made a significant investment in upgrading its facilities at BIA.