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SriLankan Airlines is in talks to lease 4 of its Airbus A330 planes to Pakistan International Airlines, a govt minister said Thursday, months after cancelling an order for 4 Airbus A350 aircraft. SriLankan Airlines aims to reduce its debt and is looking for an international partner to help reverse years of losses. "A team from the airline is in Pakistan for negotiations. We will lease 1 A330, latest next month, on wet lease," Kabir Hashim, minister of Public Enterprise Development, said. Hashim also said SriLankan would lease 3 more A330s "in the next few months", but did not discuss the type of lease. The airline, which has taken on 7 Airbus A330-300s since 2012, has debts of around US$3.25b. Hashim said the airline paid around $450,000 dollars a month to lease each A330. <br/>

The US DoT will not grant American Airlines’ application for a new daytime route between Dallas Fort Worth International and Tokyo Haneda, despite an effort by Toyota to lobby for the flight. Instead, the department granted the additional Haneda route to Delta Air Lines, which will fly from its hub at Minneapolis. The DoT said American already has 3 flights to Narita from DFW and does not need more. Four existing night-time routes between the US and Tokyo Haneda will move to daytime slots in October, the department said. American Airlines will continue to fly its Los Angeles-Haneda slot. United Airlines now operates San Francisco-Haneda and Delta also operates a Los Angeles-Haneda route. Hawaiian Airlines operates a flight between Honolulu and Tokyo Haneda. <br/>