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Suren Ratwatte’s personal website
Who is Suren?
Suren Ratwatte, FRAeS, is an accomplished pilot, airline executive and aviation researcher.
He became one of the world’s first Airbus A380 Captains, was previously SriLankan Airlines’ CEO and has also been featured in several books and academic publications.
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Latest publications
Suren is a well-known aviation and human factors researcher, and believes in making knowledge freely available
Latest blog posts
Read Suren’s latest writings
20Feb
Airliners
MH370
18Feb
Columns
Emirates Falcon Operations
17Feb
Columns
Covid-19
14Feb
Uncategorized
The Dakota – a tribute to the aircraft that changed aviation
12Feb
Airliners
The Douglas DC-3 ushers in a new era
12Feb
News
Air Italy in controlled shutdown
12Feb
Uncategorized
Flying the A380 Part 1- published in 2008
12Feb
Columns
Indigo – the regional success story
12Feb
Columns
Flying the A380 Part 2 – written and published ten years ago
Read academic publications
Read academic publications and books co-authored by Suren