SriLankan Airlines, the National Carrier of Sri Lanka, in view of the growing demand for air connectivity between North India and Sri Lanka, will be taking its tally to 18 operating flights a week between New Delhi and Colombo starting July 4, 2019.
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India is one of the top three tourism generating markets for Sri Lanka and for the National Carrier.
SriLankan Airlines, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Vipula Gunatilleka said, “The latest connectivity enhancement comes into effect as result of the consistent growth in traffic flow from North India in Sri Lanka. Within a span of four years from 2015-2019, the Airline increased frequencies from daily flights to double daily flights, leading to the sedition Sri Lanka Airlines has been operating to New Delhi since 1993 and we are pleased to reach out to more customers in this manner, thereby inviting them to discover Sri Lanka and the rest of our global network.”
Gunatilleka also added, “India is an important market for us. Despite the recent terror attacks, the load factors from India remained positive. Our commitment towards this market can be assessed from the fact that we have launched an additional daily from India and plans are afoot to add more flights from Ahmedabad and Calicut next year.”
North India is one of the biggest growth markets for SriLankan Airlines, owing to the avid interest shown by the travellers on the immersive aspects of Sri Lanka.
The newly introduced third frequency which departs New Delhi at 2330hrs on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday to arrive in Colombo at 0300 hrs the following day offers travellers seamless onward connectivity to Melbourne, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Jakarta and Gan Island.
The Airline currently operates out of a range of premier destinations in India such as Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Tiruchirappalli, Trivandrum, Cochin , Madurai, Kolkata and Coimbatore with seasonal flights to/from Bodh Gaya and Varanasi.
