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Air Ceylon was the former flag carrier airline of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The airline discontinued flights to Europe in early 1978 and finally ceased all local services on 31 August 1979, when it was replaced by Air Lanka. Air Lanka was later rebranded to SriLankan Airlines.[2]
^Klee, Ulrich; Bucher (1978). JP Airline-Fleets International (78 ed.). Switzerland: Editions JP. ISBN 3857581123.
AirCeylon was the former flag carrier airline of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The airline discontinued flights to Europe in early 1978 and finally ceased all...
gained his pilot license from the Ratmalana Flying School, he joined AirCeylon thereafter. In April 1971, during the JVP Insurrection he was arrested...
was launched in 1979 as Air Lanka following the termination of operations of the original Sri Lankan flag carrier AirCeylon. Following its partial acquisition...
romanized: Ilaṅkai vimāṉappaṭai) is the air arm and the youngest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. It was founded in 1951 as the Royal CeylonAir Force (RCyAF) with the assistance...
Independence was granted under the Ceylon Independence Act 1947. Military treaties with the United Kingdom preserved intact British air and sea bases in the country;...
and Bombay. During 1950, AirCeylon operated dedicated daily flights from Colombo to Tiruchirappalli via Jaffna. During 1952, Air India operated daily flights...
Sir Geoffrey Layton was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon with Air Vice Marshal John D'Albiac Air Officer Commanding and Admiral Sir James Somerville...
time had the country's main air terminal, with the Douglas DC-3 Dakota and Lockheed Constellation aeroplanes of AirCeylon flying out of it. In 1947, KLM...
Airways (later Pakistan International Airlines; founded in October 1946), AirCeylon (later SriLankan Airlines; founded in 1947), Malayan Airways Limited in...
wing of LTTE. Sri Lanka portal Aviation portal Modern history portal AirCeylon Avro 748 4R-ACJ bombing Lionair Flight 602 "1986: Bomb kills 21 in Sri...
flown by Garuda Indonesia, KLM, Japan Airlines, UTA French Airlines, AirCeylon and Thai Airways operated to Kemayoran in the 1960s and early 1970s, as...
functioning in 1979 following the collapse of AirCeylon. The site was taken over by the Sri Lanka Air Force during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Domestic...
miles); two built CeylonAirCeylon received one of the cancelled Channel Airlines Trident 1Es in 1969, and operated it until 1978. China Air China operated...
leased out to AirCeylon, Air India, AREA Ecuador, Central African Airways and Qantas; after 1965 they were sold to AREA Ecuador, Dan-Air, Mexicana, Malaysian...
costliest rail journey possible, and exchange these for air tickets between Palaly and Ratmalana. AirCeylon's Douglas DC-3, Avro HS-748 and Nord 262 planes operated...
converted from Type 1151, 3-point without maindeck tanks Bahrain Gulf AirCeylonAirCeylon East African Community East African Airways (original operator)...
the British Military airfields from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and the airfield was handed over to the Royal CeylonAir Force (RCAF) and renamed Katunayake;...
Royal New Zealand Air Force Bristol Freighter, NZ5906, on 19 October 1960 at 13:55hrs. The first commercial flight was an AirCeylon flight (Avro 748;...
(JVP) against the socialist United Front Government of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) under Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. The revolt began on 5 April...
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The Easter Sunday Raid was an air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid by carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy on 5...
the Ceylon Army became the Sri Lanka Army, the Royal Ceylon Navy became the Sri Lanka Navy and the Royal CeylonAir Force became the Sri Lanka Air Force...
the Ceylon Garrison Artillery (CGA) was formed by amalgamating the Ceylon Artillery Volunteers and the Town Guard Artillery, coming under the Ceylon Defence...
served as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force in World War II and later became the Chief Pilot of AirCeylon. Rex de Silva was born on 29 November 1918...
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