Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is seeking foreign investment to upgrade and develop its airport infrastructure, a government official says at Super Terminal Expo 2025 in Hong Kong.

The trend toward airline privatization has been gathering momentum in the South Asia region since the pandemic.

The airline will begin scheduled international passenger flights from Colombo.

Mattala will become the ULCC’s first destination in South Asia.

The agreement adds a new US destination to SriLankan’s network.

Two carriers are preparing to launch new nonstop routes between Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka.

The carrier is also restarting a host of routes from CDG suspended by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sri Lanka’s flag-carrier is returning to the Colombo-Paris market at the same time as Air France is preparing to enter it.

Aeroflot’s planned return follow SriLankan Airlines’ re-entry to the Moscow-Colombo market.

Flights are scheduled to resume at the end of July, operating once a week.

Destinations in Tanzania, Oman and Sri Lanka are being added to the carrier’s international network.

In the future, the airline's passenger network will be based on its cargo network, CEO Vipula Gunatilleka tells Routes Reconnected.

SriLankan Airlines chairman Ashok Pathirage outlines the carrier’s network restoration plans, focus on cargo, and the potential for Sri Lanka to bounce back post-pandemic.

Jazeera Airways will go head-to-head with flag-carriers Kuwait Airways and Srilankan Airlines on the route.

Jetstar Asia is set to become the only low-cost carrier to fly direct from Singapore to Colombo, Sri Lanka.