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4R-ALE ¦ ZRH 17.04.1981

            Lockheed L.1011 TriStar 1 (c/n 1047)
Air Lanka
Zürich-Kloten (ZRH/LSZH)
17 April 1981

The island of Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka in 1972, and when former flag carrier Air Ceylon was wound down, a new company, Air Lanka, became its successor, starting operations in September 1978 with two Boeing 707s.

By the early eighties, the 707s were replaced by leased Lockheed TriStars, like this example, registered 4R-ALE, and captured rocketing out of runway 10 on one of Air Lanka's regular services to Zürich. The aircraft was built for Air Canada in 1973, and leased by Air Lanka between October 1980 and April 1982.

After returning to Air Canada, the TriStar was leased to Gulf Air for five years, and after its return to Canada was soon withdrawn from use and stored at Marana in November 1990, where it was eventually broken-up during 1997.

Air Lanka became today's SriLankan Airlines in 1998, and 4R-ALE was reused on an Airbus A.330-200 of the new company, but was destroyed at Colombo in 2001 during fights between the Army and the Tamil Tigers.
   

Taken in: Switzerland / Zurich / Kloten / Kloten / Holberg (show map)

Taken on: April 17, 1981

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