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Mihin Lanka airline under Mahinda Chinthanaya
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mageychintana
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30 Oct 2006 05:21:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shakthi,
Loved the headlines. That was funny stuff.
Kula,
If JR can start an airline Air Lanka, I can start an airline under my name!!
Don't forget this airline is a packaged deal which comes with a brand new airport in weerawila which is to be ready by 2010. If banda's can get an airport under their name, why can't I get one too with my name. Motta is trying to make his mark in the history of SL by starting airlines and building airports. People will definitely remember him for the joker he is.
Ani,
True that. Making this apart of the goverment is definitely the worst idea ever. We will definitely see new levels of inefficiency and mismanagement. This like many other government owned services would end up as nothing but a loss, eating up people's money. |
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30 Oct 2006 05:36:17 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mageychintana,
True. I did not relaize that.
So if you have BIA, I have RIA.
Only thing is that there will be hardly anyone flying into RIA unless all services are free of charge..
Who knows he might even give that as part of the 'New Chinthana'. |
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30 Oct 2006 05:44:55 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mageychintana,
I am not against introducing another air line or having another airport.
What is wrong is the govt. trying to do this kind of things. This is the job of the private sector. The government cannot run an airline. We already have enough unpleasant experiences in running Air Ceylon so many years ago. Why do the same mistake again?
The government should appoint a regulator and let any interested private parties to open an airline.
In addition, there is no need to bring Mahinda Chinthana into this. The fashion today is even if you build a public toilet, that is built according to Mahinda Chinthana. It is the sure way to minimize the resistance to such projects.
When a typical Mottaya is running the country, there are so many people who take advantage of that. (The same had happened during the Premadasa regime, but not to this scale.)
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30 Oct 2006 05:47:57 GMT Report for Abuse
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Kula,
Only thing is that there will be hardly anyone flying into RIA unless all services are free of charge..
This is actually not true. Word is that farmers in the south returning from their annual vacations in europe,america and australia would be flying into RIA. I can see the farmers totally loving this idea of an airport in Weerawila. Apparently during a visit to the south MR had jokingly asked if the people wanted an airport, and the locals who were frustrated about having to travel to Katunayake had shouted out, 'we want airport sir'. MR being MR had said, 'people want, people get'. So yeah now apparently all out of jokes, the treasury is dropping dough on Rajapakse International Airport. |
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30 Oct 2006 06:04:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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Shakti,
Yeah I agree. This I suppose is a result of lobbyist (in this case Sajin Vass Gunawardena) who are more interested in creating new entities to loot money rather than providing a much needed service.
I must say, Motta is definitely making an effort to take care of his supporters. When it comes to returning the favour, Motta is the man. Speaking of which, certain businessman who were generous enough to loan him a vehicle for campaigning is getting chopper rides to their factories outside colombo, courtesy of the government.
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Kulakottan
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30 Oct 2006 06:11:45 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mageychintana,
This is actually not true. Word is that farmers in the south returning from their annual vacations in europe,america and australia would be flying into RIA.
Can I disagree with you on this???
No!!NO! |
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30 Oct 2006 06:26:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mageychintana,
Two quick points.
1. This Sajin thattaya is NOT even a supporter of Motta Raala. He has been earlier in UNP and I would not be surprised if he had campaigned for RW in the Presidential Election. I do not think he had even done something like loaning a vehicle for the campaign.
If Motta Raala were to help his own supporters (which is to a certain extent logical) there are thousands of others before this Sajin thattaya. I never say treating one's own supporters is good, but that is something I can understand. If Motta Raala wants to help his supporters why not make PERA the CEO of this airline instead of this useless guy? (As we all know, at least PERA genuinely supported him.)
2. I am NOT against building an airport, whether it is RIA or not. We have ONLY one international airport and that puts us in a very disadvantages situation.
(a) If case of an airport attack (as happened in 2001) the entire country is virtually UNPLUGGED from the world.
(b) Since the nearest international Airports to us are Trivendrum and Chennei in India, all carriers coming here need to have extra oil because if there is a problem with KIA, there is no where else nearby to land. Because of this reason many airlines prefer to avoid KIA.
(c) Having an international airport in Wellawaya (as RW wanted) or Weerawila (as MR wants) is a good idea because that will definitely improve the living conditions of the people down there.
The issue here is NOT building airports or introducing airlines, but doing it in the most inefficient and ineffective manner by assigning the task to the government. |
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30 Oct 2006 06:28:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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Kula,
He he he. I just had to defend Motta in cases such as this, because none of the donkeys who voted for him CAN or WOULD defend or justify projects such as this which are initiated by his administration.
So I just spit out my best guess as to what a Motta supporter would say regarding situations such as this one. And surely the justification cant be expected to be taken seriously. :) |
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30 Oct 2006 06:49:28 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mageychintana,
Is 'Motta' nick name for 'Motta Rala'? ? ?(Adareta kiyana short name ekada?) |
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30 Oct 2006 07:09:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sakthi,
I have no objection of having a budget airline given that the government is not involved in the management. But another airport in Weerawila in my opinion is not essential right now regardless of the need for it. The best way to increase the confidence of airlines is to make sure that something like what happened in 2001 doesnt happen again. To do that we have to eliminate the terrorist threat from the equation and that itself is another topic. I'm not agaisnt increasing the living standards of the people in that area, but I don't understand how an airport can be successful without a proper economic base in that area or capable workforce. Obviously the success of an airport is dependant on the number of airlines requesting its services. BIA is definitely more preferable for passengers flying in than RIA for obvious reasons being proximity to capital city. So unless the government plans on pumping endless funds into an airport just to have a backup run way for emergency purposes I dont see how this airport could be successful.
Given our geographic location we could easily market our airports to airlines given that we had a backup run way, but now is not right time to be building airports. If at all, the money would be put to good use if it was being used to put an end to what reduced the confidence of airlines in the first place. This would be a great move when the conditions existing today in SL are no more. As for Ranil proposing to build the an airport in Wellawaya, I would still object to it given that the same conditions which exist today exists under Ranils admin. |
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