Air India Returns to Sri Lanka

Air India has resumed flights to Sri Lanka with the launch of a six times weekly Chennai – Colombo service. The flight will be operated every day except Wednesdays by an Airbus A321 from March 27. The route was previously flown by Indian Airlines, which was finally fully incorporated into Air India earlier this year. Air India will face strong competition from SriLankan Airlines and local carrier Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and SpiceJet, as well as its budget offshoot Air India Express, which already offer 50 weekly frequencies and 8,380 seats between them. Around 560,000 O&D passengers flew to the Indian Ocean island from Chennai in the year ending January 2011, with SriLankan the market leader with a 34 per cent share.

Schedule:

AI273 MAA1415 – 1535CMB 321 x3
AI274 CMB1635 – 1800MAA 321 x3

Schedule Information: Airline Route