STOP THIS AIRLINE NOW - THE DANGEROUS STATE OF SRILANKAN AIRLINES!
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This is a comprehensive Flight Review of SriLankan Airlines.
Class: Economy
Route: Colombo (CMB) to Singapore (SIN)
Plane: Airbus A330-200
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Great to watch your review Josh as always and to hear your comments regarding the fact that yes all types of people do get on!! It is propaganda for sure that they like to use to divide us.
wow Josh, hot new blond! Love it
Love the hair Josh!
I love Sri Lankan Air line so So much ❤
I am also waiting for a refund it's almost 7 months
Feeling sad to hear their current state. Sri Lankan Airlines was THE ONLY airlines that provided full service at an affordable price in the South Asian region. Wish them get back to their former glory soon!
Air India too DID. Mismanagement of previous govts is the sole reason for such disruption.
@@srutis910 So, that is why you have a horrid amount of low cost carriers to support your rising slum house people?
What happened to it
they will, as couple of leading airlines are showing their interest to take over thi airlines.. pray for the day to come soon.
We flew Sri Lankan airlines last month (Melbourne to Colombo) and just last week (Colombo to Sydney) with no issues. I checked flight tracker before both flights and they appear to run to schedule pretty consistently. Have flown them before, 5 years ago with the same experience. The service is always very good. They’re not the worlds best airline, but were half the price of Singapore Airlines so decent value for money.
yes i have trevelled 5 times to australiya ,best air line very help full staff, flight attendent are very good best food. on time. after a big disturbance in their country. ii love sri lanka air line.
Do you live in Melbourne or Sydney? I live in Melbourne so I was just curious
@@MG101 Melbourne
It only work OK with Australian sectors cozy many Sri lankan politicians are living in Australia.. so that should explain the punctuality haha 😂
As a Sri Lankan citizen, this video is humiliating but it is the truth. It makes my blood boil to think about what our leaders have done to the country and specifically this airline.
They said the Tamils were the issue, it turned out the Rajpaksas are the real issue. The rajpaksas skapegoated the Tamils for their own personal gain. Unfortunately what goes around comes around.
Absolutely correct. On top of it it is the tax payers money and none of the villans responsible for this entire mess up of the country is being brought to book.
True🙄
Yes n what cost? Cost of ordinary citizens who have to tighten our belts while the cursed devils have a vail if a time enjoying good food n life!!! They are the curse of the whole country.
The airline should be privatized and sold to china...
when I traveled with Sri Lankan Airlines a few months ago, I did not face any issue. It was a safe landing, and their hospitality is excellent as well. ❤
Yes ❤😊
I flew from Melbourne 10 days ago, I admit in business class, food and service was brilliant, the flight was smooth and I felt safe, I will be happy to fly ul0605 again!
Well this comment is bit relaxing as I will be flying on 21 May😅
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Maybe he wasn't paid enough. It's as simple..
this is such a shame. the first longhaul flight i ever went on was London to Sri Lanka with this airline back in 2002. service, food, and plane seemed incredible. i still have the airline branded deck of cards somewhere. i hope they (and Sri Lanka generally) are able to sort out their problems
Actually the food in Sri Lankan Airlines is very good!
@@meenakshisundaram174 at least you will die with a good belly
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Well airline is still doing great . only problem was this guy didn’t get his cancellation 😂
It’s falling apart due to corruption from politicians. Like anything else in Sri Lanka
As Sri Lankan I can say this is very true. But it’s not because of financial issue, it’s because of ton of corruptions.
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I have flown SL many times, and it has always been good. Like you say, it is the idiots at the top that are stealing and putting the whole issue at risk.
I read yesterday that even Emirated have backed out in support. Financial issues. Shame
Thanks for the work you do informing the general public about such shortcomings. You could pull a Sam Chui, pretend that everything is fine, take free flights and enrich yourself but your rather do the uncomfortable work, benefiting us frequent fliers and making a positive impact. Thats why I watch you.
'pull a Sam Chui' : haha i like this phrase
Sam CHUI is only happy when flying first class other issues is not important only his benefit
Sam Chui would have made a Corporate video. At the end of the Video possibly having a cake🍰and may be a selfie 🤳 with the crew and the CEO of the airline ignoring all the problems😅
Pues este ya tampoco es tan honesto, también ya tiene pagos por publicidad de algunas aerolíneas, su honestidad cada vez es más cuestionable.
Where does Sam chui say everything is fine ? U post the things u imagine & get over a 100 likes for such fake foolish imagination 😳 social media these days !! There are several videos where Sam brings out problematic airline issues . U need to checkout his page first.
It's sad to see Sri Lankan Airlines in this state, I really hope that they succeed in making this carrier as good as it once was...
Thanks to Srilankan Engineering , you landed safely to upload this video 😃😇
Bro, I know, but some aspects must improve, right? It’s not your fault, but the negligence of the National leaders, some staff personnel, etc. I’m not saying all, but just the ones who are responsible for this. You’re doing an awesome job, no doubt of it. I don’t know who you are, but you’re an amazing person who does an amazing job
That’s what he is paying for, go from place A to B. That’s what the engineers getting paid for 🤷♂️
I flew 7 times within the last 13 months and have seen how...... .their works too. If am I an engineer there definitely will resign. Engineers take responsibility for lives on board and on the ground instead of doing something just for wedges.
@@sarath6535 why
It's not like that's the minimum expected from all nation's airports...
It's a great shame. I flew with them from Dhaka to Colombo a few months ago and the service was superb.
Also, your self care comments are so worth paying attention to.I am learning this and practicing it myself
Plsss don't tell stop to the srilankan because my parents is from sri lanka and they go to srilankan. It's not dangerous😢
He is talking about Sri Lankan Airline not Sri Lanka, As a person who went to Sri Lanka couple of times (you can take some other airline,) i didn't hear any Sri Lankan airline crash.
Anyway as a traveler Sri Lanka is one of the best country for me as a budget traveler, It's full package, safe communication easy cheap affordable beauty ancient history modern city fairly clean beautiful beaches, mountains (no sex trade like some other country) train ride
wild life I can keep going what you can do
My wife flew Srilankan last week, it was overbooked, and had to fly on the following day. However they put her in a fantastic hotel and also in-flight service were world class, fantastic.
Amazing! your wife was on an overbooked plane and given a hotel room.. This must be a Guinness world record!! You could have celebrated more.
Hey buddy it was a world record...something ur country could Neva achieve...as u obviously crawled out from a rock...
I have traveled with over 100 people in the last month as a part of my work as a travel consultant.
No delay & bad experiences so far, they loved the food and crew hospitality.
Why would you fly on an airline that you genuinely believe to be unsafe?
They once unloaded all their business class passengers at the last minute because a minister wanted that flight for himself and his entourage. Such a shame for a country that has so much potential.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 And you must be jealous
Flew with them a few years ago before Sri Lanka's current troubles; was a good experience. Very sad to hear this. One of the most beautiful countries I've ever been to
Good to see you back. I completely understand where you’re coming from mental health is so important and we need to take time out when you need.
Fantastic review and content Josh !
Great message about social media dividing people. Most people would get along with others face to face. Happy travels
My family and I just flew SriLankan from Bangkok to Columbo last month. Yes I had seen the terrible reviews and talk of safety issues but decided to take them anyways. We were taking 10 one way flights around the world over the month of July and this was the flight that I was most nervous about. However, it turned out to be one of the best flight experiences of our trip which included carriers like Japan airlines and Emirates. The plane was in great condition, left on time, the crew was very friendly, and the meal was maybe the best of our entire trip. Also we were able to fly direct 3 hours from BKK to CMB without having to connect through KUL like most of the other budget type options I looked into required. So glad I flew on this airline and will never forget the experience. I really hope they make it and wish the best for Sri Lanka an amazing country we will never forget.
Thank you Sir! You put it together beautifully! ❤
Good to see you back!
First of all, it's great to see you on again on You Tube. It's really important for everyone to take a time out once in a while. Thank you so much for the insights of Sri Lankan Airlines. As a former employee in the Airline Industry, it always hurts me, when greedy and corruptive Manager turning an Airline in to a mess. Hopefully Sri Lankan finds a new Buyer who understands the Airline Business and is able to fix these huge problems.
Makes you wonder what management is paid to do!
It would be impossible unless the airline was privatized or Government of Sri Lanka is being kept away from intervening with any of the airline's affairs as that is the reason why Emirates prefer to exit it's agreement with Sri Lankan as the government keeps giving difficult path for Emirates in trying to reformed the airline
Thanks, Josh. Aircraft breakdowns are not necessarily related to age. It has more to do with failure to comply with the maintenance procedures manual. There are several airlines around the world operating aircraft that are older than 15 years, but the same are airworthy. I do not have proof that Sri Lankan aircraft are not airworthy. Delaying a flight because of a tire change does not mean the aircraft is not airworthy. However, if it is, then it is not only an issue with the airline. It is a failure of the oversight function by Sri Lanka's CAA!.
Sri Lankan airlines definitely needs to be privatized however , one thing I can say is safety will be their number one priority. They never let a plane take off without being in perfect condition not even with a minor fault that has a 1% chance of going bad. Additionally the pilots even tho they might be overworked will be great as they are highly trained in Sri Lanka and we use traditional methods and don’t rely on technology too much. Other than that the airline should be given to a third party asap or things will get worse , on the other hand on certain routes they do offer the best prices .
It already is privatized. The country is full of idiots and crook politicians. Its actually worse than Africa. Some genuinely dont know that because of sheer ignorance and the rest dont give 2 cents worth shit. So its already dead. They just dont know that.
Even SL RAILWAY too should be privatized for efficient punctual services !!!
@@kingsleyperera9655 You should ask the Brits how they feel about their privatised rail system or the Americans about their privatised healthcare systems.
Stop believing that 'Privatisation = Excellence'. Most of the times it isn't.
This happens with every airline. I have travelled with Sri Lankan airlines so many times but have never experienced any delays. But I have experienced delays in Singapore airlines. Calling this a dangerous state is too much because unlike other airelines, safety is their main priority that they won't take off if there's even a small possiblity of bad experience. When it comes to safety, I would 100% trust this airline. Yes the service is not good as before and aircrafts are old but I'm pretty confident about Sri Lankan airline's safety.
Back in the days.... This was a wonderful airliner. A shame the decay can't be stopped.
I recently flew Sri Lankan from Kuwait to Colombo in the A330-200 economy class, then continued to Jakarta in the A330-300 business class. The crew on both flights were amazing, but both flights were delayed by an average of 2 hours.
I sincerely hope that the airline can find a way to acquire newer aircraft, because they actually have a very good soft product.
Srilankan A333s are ~8 years old
@@wanniachchigerumeththenuja5075 Were they acquired new?
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Very sad state of affairs to note all this. But you are right. Our politicians have ruined our national carrier beyond repair !!!Thank you for your honest review of the air line.
Loving the new look Josh😀
Glad you’re back Josh, we’ve missed you!!!!
When the country is declining, the national airline can't do different. Sri Lanka is not the place where you will transit, so the airline will provide their services to the people who are actually traveling to/from the island. Covid restrictions, economic collapse of the country as well the bad management are main reason why the company is in such state. In most of the cases, once the company touch the bottom it's very difficult to go back. Or some bigger airline will buy them, or they will slowly suffer and die at the end.
Thanks for helping to keep the flying public safe! Great Work!
Glad to see you back Josh, and you can take us with you on your journey true the World !! Thanks for sharing this flight !!
Thank you for the video Josh. I hope everything works out for them.
flew to the maldives with sri lanken air recently had no issues but the planes looked very old
I totally agree with you 👍 Hope that the management of Sri Lankan Airlines will see this and take appropriate steps . Thank you Josh for the good work ❤
Most probably they'll complain to TH-cam and get this video removed! Lol
@@fibreglass9976 That's the well known solution for problems in Sri Lanka.. MASK THE TRUTH & REMOVE THE EVIDENCE!
Great video.
I stayed in Yotel not long ago and it was a very long walk from Changi Airport 😀😀 and I went in circles since I’ve never been to Jewel before.
I flew with AirFrance/KLM and British Airways on my recent trip. Both encounter delays, bad onboard service, and old planes. I think this is the new normal for many airlines.
Old planes aren't necessarily a problem if they have refurbished, well-maintained interiors and are taken care of well.
I have been flying with the airline for 2 years at least 4 flights a year and I have never had a n issue. Planes always clean, and on time, staff always very friendly and food always good. Never a bad experience.
Was great bumping in to you last night. Great and honest video. Hope Sri Lankann Airlines works to rrcolve these problems
Love the hair. Good to see you back and you are so right, you need to look after yourself.
Just did a quick look at Air Lanka international flights in the air currently. Average age of long haul aircraft is about 8 years, not new but not excessive age.
I flew them from Colombo to HKG many years ago and they were great. So sad to hear about their troubles and thanks for the heads up. As for your refund, can u not reach out to IATA and complain?
Great work 👍🏻
Hej Josh! Really love your blond look!
Every company, weather in the air or on ground, needs someone outside to view what they are doing! I really love your style of viewing the airlines, tough love but honest reviews! Keep up your job and happy travels!!
Good on you, mate, for taking some well deserved time off. You need to take care of YOU! Important not to burn out. Keep the great content coming! Cheers 🥂
Thank you, Caphill for this msg l am thinking of going to SL this year and was hoping to fly on SL airlines but listening to your talk its frightening hope I will get good news by the time I am ready to buy my ticket.
This is what happens when politicians hold a nation hostage instead of serving it. Soon to happen in Pakistan.
PIA is nearly bankrupt!!
Fabulous report honest and constructive! I like the new hair style too Josh 😃
great vid, wish u had told us more about your meeting with the 2 guys.
Thanks for sharing. I noticed Yotel been expanding. That said, not cheap even for Yotel. My spouse just was in sinapore last month. Stayed at hotel close by to Airport much cheaper, granted not in the Jewel. that said, i do hope best for workers of Srilankan airlines. I hope airline improves.
Thank you for doing the dirty work for us dear Cahill!! Thanks we are also frequent flyers and there’s literally nobody that’s telling the story like you do. Keep doing the best job 😊
Nice to see you again Great Josh
Thank you very much for the information🙏
I’m a platinum member and with good reason, nothing you say is acceptable as we all know the difficulties SriLankan has been facing last 20 years,their inflight service product long haul has got better
Average of Thaiairways equipment is almost same
Isnt there a order on 5-10 a330’s and a320s on order tho?? Saw it on articles
Thanks for your honest comments Josh. Blessings
Happy to see you back! Love the new hairdo!
And thanks - as many have already expressed - for doing what you do! 👍
I flew from Colombo to Jakarta with Sri Lankan 3 weeks ago. Literally as soon as the engines started on our a330-300 (one of the newest planes in Sri Lankans fleet) I could tell something was wrong. The whole plane was shaking and pitching like we were in turbulence and we were literally not even moving yet. We had to pull off to a remote gate. 4 hours and two movies later, they had fixed the issue and we took off and continued to Jakarta without incident. I'm just grateful we made it safely.
Edited to add...nice hair, Josh! Liking the new look.
Fake overrated comment 😂😂😂😂
May be he is from airbus. 🤣🤣🤣
You are just over acting there are short comings due to the corruption of the politicians. Its was one time one of the best Air line .
“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” ❤ welcome back😊
Just having "never mind" Noel to watch didn't cut it these last weeks. Glad you made it back into the skies.
Welcome back Josh. Thanks for your great reporting. Nice new hair man.
I love flying them very much even as an Austrian citizen it is not easy to fly with them. Thanks God that I never experienced long delays. Specially the Business Class product was always very nice. So let's pray that UL will have less problems and safe flights in the future. I will fly them again end of August. The food is always amazing at UL
One almost feels that you were disappointed when your baggage didn't go missing and when the flight itself was uneventful with no technical problems in flight, after it took off following the delay mentioned. Your story would have been complete if one of these had happened.
Hopefully this airline could regain its past glory solving the current problems which lead to customer dissatisfaction from time to time.
It is also good to see some positive comments regarding the airline, suggesting all is not lost.
This airline will not be grounded anytime soon. Let us wish for its recovery, ensuring better service and customer satisfaction.
good to have you back; we kept saying where is josh, so glad you had a well earned break and great to see this very informative video; not intending to fly with sri lankan at the mo, but thanks for the warning
Good Honest Video Bud 👍
they turned off the air conditioning when I boarded one of their flights in dubai 😂
Did the same yesterday 😬
It seems they had very few blankets, and gave all of them away. Unknowingly, I asked them for one. They said they will increase the temperature of the cabin
@@meenakshisundaram174 They turned off air conditioning and you were cold and needed a blanket??
May be a new practice to save fuel..
@@flipw6569 it was the other way round 😂
I agree with you josh, sri lankan needs to be grounded, at least until the restructuring process is done. I flew to Singapore and back exactly 2 months ago, in business class, seat 3A. The seat's remote control (for the IFE system) was stuck in, with a few papers on and around the seat as well. At colombo, the plane was on the ground for an extra 30 mins while a team of engineers opened up the left engine for some "fixing up". Ah, also, the airplane, an A330 (I can not remember the registration) had just arrived from chennai, so back to back flying the whole day.
Edit, an A330-300
WOW - I was suggested this vid. Then on you tube a suggestion came up about your trip to NUUK and then the delivery flight of the A 330. I can not say anything better than It felt as if I was watching one of those " I am on a mission and nothing is going to stop me" It was so WELL done and the editing was suberb- I never knew about Greenland and it is so great to learn how people live in other parts of the world. I just subscribed and I look forward to your up coming videos. Great JOB!! In terms of this video - that is what happens when ANY government gets involved -
Thanks for this vlog. Very informative. I agree with you on this. It’s was an amazing airline. Fly and stay safe. Cheers. 2023.
SriLankan Airlines also operates flights from Colombo to Paris and then to Frankfurt. This flight is always at least 2 Hours late. Im a little sorry for them but they made too many easy mistakes like ordering no planes ir false route planing
Thank you for telling the truth Josh. Sri Lankan politicians must hear these words as you correctly said, without rubbing their shoulders with each other.
This reminds me of the time I flew Aerolineas Argentinas from Bogota to Buenos Aires in 2019. My flight was on a Boeing 737-700. It closed its doors and failed to push back from the gates. It took 3 hours before they could fix the problem and pull back from the gate, and the cabin became quite hot during that period.
Just flew Sri Lankan airlines two weeks ago....Colombo to LHR. No issues. No delays. You can tell that the plane was definitely outdated. Perhaps the airline should be given back to Emirates to manage.
That's a shame. Sri Lanka was my first foreign country and my first airline...
Sri Lankan politics screwed this airline. Total mismanagement.
@@johnhoward5954 third world country
@@kirilmihaylov1934 Somewhat. But it used to be a good airline.
@@johnhoward5954 well if Boeing can build a plane that can crash after 100 years of building planes you can be sure anything is possible in this world
@@kirilmihaylov1934 Where you from....
I hopp pop e the Sri Lankin Airlines improves quickly. Losing staff is scary, their financial insecurity is also very concerning. Sri Lanka and it’s people are so beautiful, this is so sad to see. I hope they can improve quickly.
Have been a traveller through sri lankan airlines, since last year. The sudden degradation in its quality since the beginning of this year (in my observation) is alarming! Trust me, I really loved the airlines last year (not sure whether the current issues existed even back then).
An eye opening video.
Hope things will change before some disaster happened.
Flew with them on January. A short flight from Sri Lanka to Maldives. Had no delays, no technical problems. Packed flight. No service. Only a coke as we we’re flying business. Completely outdated planes.
I have missed you and pleased that you are back. In my opinion you are the best airline vlogger and your videos are always well balanced and creative. I have always enjoyed Sri Lanka and its such a shame about Sri Lankan Airlines which used to be quite good. Always liked their cabin staff. Take care from the UK.
Life short...live the most of it 🎉
Welcome back!🙏🥰✈✈. You deserve all the time off you need. 🥇
Nice hair Josh! Really suits you well! And as always, great vid!
Another honest review!!! really sad to hear this but its the bitter truth! Hope soon something good happens to the airline! if it werent to the politicians sri lankan would have been upto the standards of the big airlines what it actually was back before 2008!!
Hope the relevant authorities see this video and wake up and do actions to save the airline!!!
Thx Josh!!!
#SaveSriLankanAirlines #WeWantBackSriLankanAirlines #WWBSA
Agree.... Pls the authorities should privatize to bring back the good old Sri Lankan Airlines
I worked for Amtrak for 32 years (on board) and my biggest problem was the equipment. Glad you're back..It's too bad the crews have to put up with all of that.
I had a London/Colombo/London flight in May, everything was cool. No issues
3:51 I truly agree. Thank you for the reminder Josh. Taking care of oneself is the top 1 priority of every human being.
As a Sri Lankan, this is the bitter truth yet agree with you 200% mate 😢
You must be an Indian , Sri Lanka is thousands time better than India
Maybe I'm too much of an optimist, but I'd take some comfort that they won't get airborne with dodgy tyres or a problematic wing which suggests that they are still operating safely, just not to a reliable schedule. I'm booked to fly CMB-NRT on SriLankan in June and I've been keeping a close eye on the on-time performance of that flight, and it does seem to be frequently delayed by a few hours. In April, it's had a delay of 2 or more hours on 4 out of 12 flights. Not a super big deal for me as arriving in Tokyo a bit later suits me as I won't have to wait as long to check in to my hotel. The bad scenario for me will be if they go out of business before my trip starts.
I don’t think they will go out of business cos they always get bailed out by their government, cos it would be a national embarrassment if they fell. Lhr to cmb Is normally on time, which shows they can be on time when the airline is strict with landing slots. I wouldn’t worry too much, make sure u buy the tickets on a credit card if ur country has more protections for those who purchase with a credit card like the uk
Nice message about the kindness of travelling. So true Josh. Take care!
Love the hair Josh!
You know as a sri lankan this is really sad to hear especially from you as i know that you love this airline, but I 101%agree with what u are saying it's not safe to fly sri lankan airlines anymore, I think that this airline should be given to some rich dude and i say that it should be a private air line
Edit: Hi josh could you pin this comment
Just like how Air India is finally getting better after they returned it to Tata.
Have you flown with Sri Lankan Airline ??
@@KEVIN-xd6qg yea why
Such a shame to see a airline not go well. Good to see you take some time off and relax
That too the airlines which did well in the past!
Very sad about Sri Lankan airlines Good on you for doing the education events. Glad you enjoyed your time off
looking good with the hair, Josh!
All the negative stuff you said about Sri Lanka Airlines could be said about Jetstar Australia. Wouldnt flu on them if i got a free trip. Oh wait, they cancel 1 in 4 and other flights are heavily delayed, so highly unlikely you aren't flying anywhere. Airlines in Australia for domestic flights are so unreliable i no longer fly domestically, which makes it hard when family are on different sides of the country. We now only holiday internationally.
Finally you landed safely thanks to Srilankan engineering and staff .... atleast apprectiate that .
He doesn't have to. He's a journalist who gives honest reviews.
Great insight.