The airline was established in October 1993. The airline started its operations on 24 October 1994. Initially it was owned by Lionvert Inc USA (51%), a United States-based investors group and by Sri Lankan investors (49%). Lionvert sold its stake in late 1997. Lionair suspended domestic services when an Antonov An-24 aircraft went missing shortly after it took off from Jaffna in 1998, but resumed services in October 2002.[2]
Lionair had operated services between Colombo and Jaffna since October 1996, until the suspension of services in 1998. They had hoped to resume services in November 1998.[3]
On September 29, 1998, Lionair Flight 602, operated by an Antonov An-24RV (Registered EW-46465), fell into the sea off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka under mysterious circumstances. The aircraft departed Jaffna-Palaly Air Force Base on a flight to Colombo and disappeared from radar screens just after the pilot had reported depressurization. Initial reports indicated that the plane had been shot down by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels. All seven crew and 48 passengers were killed.[3][5]
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^"Directory: World Airlines." Flight International. 23–29 March 2004. "TACA Peru" 100.
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Lionair was an airline with its head office in the Asian Aviation Centre in Sri Lanka on the grounds of Ratmalana Airport near Colombo 1 It was a privately owned charter operator Its main base was Ratmalana International Airport 2 LionairIATA ICAO Callsign LN LEO Sri LionFounded1993Commenced operations1994Ceased operations2006HubsBandaranaike International Airport Ratmalana AirportFleet size6Destinations10HeadquartersRatmalana Sri LankaKey peopleChandran Rutnam founder and chairman Angelina Jolie is seen during her to visit to Jaffna after traveling by Lionair at the Jaffna Airport in April 2003 This article is about the former Sri Lankan airline For other airlines with similar names see Lionair Contents 1 History 2 Terminated routes 3 Fleet 4 Accidents and incidents 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe airline was established in October 1993 The airline started its operations on 24 October 1994 Initially it was owned by Lionvert Inc USA 51 a United States based investors group and by Sri Lankan investors 49 Lionvert sold its stake in late 1997 Lionair suspended domestic services when an Antonov An 24 aircraft went missing shortly after it took off from Jaffna in 1998 but resumed services in October 2002 2 Lionair had operated services between Colombo and Jaffna since October 1996 until the suspension of services in 1998 They had hoped to resume services in November 1998 3 In 2005 Lionair applied to the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka to operate services to the following destinations Athens Chennai Kochi Denpasar Dhaka Dubai Guangzhou Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Kuwait London Male Melbourne Mumbai Rome Singapore Sydney Tiruchirapalli Thiruvananthapuram and Zurich using Avro 748 and Airbus A320 aircraft 4 Terminated routes editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message Country city Airport code Airport name Notes Refs IATA ICAO Australia Melbourne MEL YMML Melbourne Airport Terminated Sydney SYD YSSY Sydney Airport Terminated Bangladesh Dhaka DAC VGZR Shahjalal International Airport Terminated Greece Athens ATH LGAV Athens International Airport Terminated India Chennai MAA VOMM Chennai International Airport Terminated Kochi COK VOCI Cochin International Airport Terminated Mumbai BOM VABB Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminated Tiruchirappalli TRZ VOTR Tiruchirappalli International Airport Terminated Trivandrum TRV VOTV Trivandrum International Airport Terminated Indonesia Denpasar DPS WADD Ngurah Rai International Airport Terminated Jakarta CGK WIII Soekarno Hatta International Airport Terminated Italy Rome FCO LIRF Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport Terminated Kuwait Kuwait City KWI OKBK Kuwait International Airport Terminated Malaysia Kuala Lumpur KUL WMKK Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminated Maldives Male MLE VRMM Ibrahim Nasir International Airport Terminated People s Republic of China Guangzhou CAN ZGGG Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Terminated Singapore Singapore SIN WSSS Singapore Changi Airport Terminated Sri Lanka colombo CMB VCBI Bandaranaike International Airport Terminated Base colombo RML VCCC Ratmalana Airport Terminated Base Jaffna JAF VCCJ Jaffna Airport Terminated Switzerland Zurich ZRH LSZH Zurich Airport Terminated United Arab Emirates Dubai DXB OMDB Dubai International Airport Terminated United Kingdom London LHR EGLL London Heathrow Airport TerminatedFleet editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message Aircraft Fleet Introduced Retired Antonov An 24 TBA TBA TBA Avro 748 TBA TBA TBAAccidents and incidents editOn September 29 1998 Lionair Flight 602 operated by an Antonov An 24RV Registered EW 46465 fell into the sea off the north western coast of Sri Lanka under mysterious circumstances The aircraft departed Jaffna Palaly Air Force Base on a flight to Colombo and disappeared from radar screens just after the pilot had reported depressurization Initial reports indicated that the plane had been shot down by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels All seven crew and 48 passengers were killed 3 5 References edit Directory World Airlines Flight International 23 29 March 2004 TACA Peru 100 a b Flight International 5 11 April 2005 a b TamilNet 30 October 1998 Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka Archived 2006 10 13 at the Wayback Machine 11 April 2005 Aviation Safety Network retrieved 23 November 2006External links edit nbsp Sri Lanka portal nbsp Companies portal nbsp Aviation portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lionair Sri Lanka amp oldid 1212539734, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
