SriLankan Airlines is the national airline of Sri Lanka. The airline was formerly known as Air Lanka, and replaced Air Ceylon as the national carrier in 1978. The airline has its hub at Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo. SriLankan Airlines flies to cities in Europe, and Asia. It has been voted best airline in south Asia by Skytrax.

Code Data

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• IATA Code: UL
• ICAO Code: ALK
• Callsign: Sri Lankan

Destinations

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Asia

East Asia

• China, People's Republic of
  • Beijing (Beijing Capital International Airport)
  • Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport)

• Japan
  • Tokyo (Narita International Airport)

South Asia

• India
  • Bangalore (HAL Airport)
  • Chennai (Chennai International Airport)
  • Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport)
  • Goa (Dabolim Airport) Service Begins October 2006
  • Hyderabad (Begumpet Airport)
  • Kochi (Cochin International Airport)
  • Kozhikode (Calicut International Airport)
  • Mumbai (Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport)
  • Tiruchirapalli
  • Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum International Airport)
  • Coimbatore (Cargo only)

• Maldives
  • Malé (Malé International Airport)

• Pakistan
  • Karachi (Jinnah International Airport)

• Sri Lanka
  • Colombo (Bandaranaike International Airport) Hub

Southeast Asia

• Malaysia
  • Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)

• Singapore
  • Singapore (Singapore Changi Airport)

• Thailand
  • Bangkok (Bangkok International Airport)

The Middle East

• Bahrain
  • Manama (Bahrain International Airport)

• Kuwait
  • Kuwait City (Kuwait International Airport)

• Oman
  • Muscat (Seeb International Airport)

• Qatar
  • Doha (Doha International Airport)

• Saudi Arabia
  • Dammam (King Fahd International Airport)
  • Riyadh (King Khalid International Airport)

• United Arab Emirates
  • Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi International Airport)
  • Dubai (Dubai International Airport)

Europe

• France
  • Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)

• Germany
  • Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport)

• United Kingdom
  • London (London Heathrow Airport)
  • Manchester
  • Birmingham
  • Glasgow
  • Edinburough
  • Leeds
  • Belfast

The Airline also has a domestic arm, SriLankan Air Taxi which flies to the following destinations:

• • Ampara
  • Anuradhapura
  • Bentota
  • Dickwella
  • Hingurakgoda
  • Kandy
  • Katukurunda
  • Koggala
  • Nuwara Eliya
  • Ratmalana
  • Sigiriya
  • Trincomalee
  • Weerawila

Fleet

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The SriLankan Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2005):

• 5 Airbus A320-200
• 4 Airbus A330-200
• 5 Airbus A340-300

In addition, 2 Airbus A320s, 2 Airbus A330s and 2 Airbus A340 were destroyed or partially destroyed during an LTTE assault on Bandaranaike International Airport in 2001.

External links

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• SriLankan Airlines
• SriLankan Airlines Fleet Detail

Airlines of Sri Lanka

SriLankan Airlines | SriLankan Airlines | スリランカ航空 | SriLankan Airlines