Sri Lanka Aviation

[Serendib]

Flydubai to resume flights to Colombo

Flydubai has announced plans to resume flights to Colombo, Sri Lanka, with a twice-weekly service.

Flights to Colombo start from February 17 as the authorities in Sri Lanka ease travel restrictions for international travel. The carrier will operate flights between Terminal 2, Dubai International (DXB) and Colombo International Airport (CMB) with flights now available to book on flydubai.com.

Flight schedule and fares

flights from Dubai International (DXB) to Colombo International Airport (CMB) will operate on Wednesdays and Sundays and the service commences from February 17.

Return Business Class fares from DXB to CMB start from AED4,000 ($1,088.8) and Economy Class fares start from AED1,200 ($326.6). 

Return Business Class fares from CMB to DXB start from LKR190,000 ($973.3) and Economy Class fares start from LKR 54,000 ($276.6). - TradeArabia News Service

[Serendib]

A group of 160 tourists from Kazakhstan arrived at the Mattala Rajapaksa Hambantota Airport (MRIA) on an Air Astana flight today.

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The MRIA said Air Astana, which is the flag carrier of Kazakhstan based in Almaty, operates scheduled, domestic and international services on 64 routes from its main hub, Almaty International Airport, and from its secondary hub, Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport.

Air Astana flight will be a weekly flight operating every Saturday and is expected to continue till April. In addition, SCAT Airlines will also operate weekly flights every Thursday and will continue till April.

Source: thismorninglk

[banuthev]

A group of 160 tourists from Kazakhstan arrived at the Mattala Rajapaksa Hambantota Airport (MRIA) on an Air Astana flight today.

Air Astana flight will be a weekly flight operating every Saturday and is expected to continue till April. In addition, SCAT Airlines will also operate weekly flights every Thursday and will continue till April.

Source: thismorninglk

Good to see Air Astana flying to Sri Lanka. I heard Air Astana is going to upgrade Sri Lanka flights from charter to scheduled. Is Mattala Airport doing well with passengers from Central asia and Ukraine ?

[Aaqib]

Good to see Air Astana flying to Sri Lanka. I heard Air Astana is going to upgrade Sri Lanka flights from charter to scheduled. Is Mattala Airport doing well with passengers from Central asia and Ukraine ?

Seems like HRI is doing pretty well compared to before.
Hope GoSL looks to further develop HRI and probably come up with a concept similar to KLIA2 with reduced landing fees etc. to attract more airlines mainly LCC's that would definitely help to reduce congestion at CMB when things normalize
With the Sothern Expressway being a key link to HRI, many pax would definitely use HRI as an option primarily for cheap fares

[banuthev]

Any update on Airbus aircraft joining the Fitsair current fleet?

Any update about Fly Lankan Asia and Spark air?

Please find the update about new startup airlines in Sri Lanka. I can see an new airline "Air Colombo" listed.

https://caa.lk/images/pdf/certified_faoc_aoc-holders/AOC_Application_in_progress_29Jan2021.pdf

[umedhah]

Any update on Airbus aircraft joining the Fitsair current fleet?

Any update about Fly Lankan Asia and Spark air?

Please find the update about new startup airlines in Sri Lanka. I can see an new airline "Air Colombo" listed.

https://caa.lk/images/pdf/certified_..._29Jan2021.pdf

Looks like it went under the carpet... It really difficult to start a new airline during unprecedented times.

[Aviational]

Heard that Cargolux is looking at the feasibility of commencing flights to Colombo. Anyone in Cargo & Freight forwarding can confirm on this?

[Aviational]

Gulf Air flights to Colombo

Starting from 16th February
CMB-BAH Sunday/ Tuesday 2055 2355 neo321

[banuthev]

Air Astana flight will be a weekly flight operating every Saturday and is expected to continue till April. In addition, SCAT Airlines will also operate weekly flights every Thursday and will continue till April.

Source: thismorninglk

Air Astana and SCAT air are going to fly Mattala Airport. source : https://b2b.tui.kz/freight_time?

Frequency	From	To	Airline	Flight	Almaty Departure	Mattala Arrival	Mattala Departure	Almaty Arrival
Saturday	13/Feb/2021	10/Apr/2021	Air Astana ()	KC 565 / KC 566	05:00:00	11:00:00	23:30:00	07:00:00
Thursday	11/Feb/2021	08/Apr/2021	SCAT ()	VSV 5056 / VSV 5059	03:00:00	09:00:00	21:00:00	04:30:00

[Serendib]

Gulf Air flights to Colombo

Starting from 16th February
CMB-BAH Sunday/ Tuesday 2055 2355 neo321

wow! good news! what about saudia? air arabia?

[banuthev]

Gulf Air flights to Colombo

Starting from 16th February
CMB-BAH Sunday/ Tuesday 2055 2355 neo321

Good to see International airlines flying again to Sri Lanka. it's interesting Gulf Air aircraft is going to be parked at CMB for 14 hours. But any reason why B787 not used on CMB route?

BAH DEPARTURE 23:35
CMB ARRIVAL 06:55+1
GF136
A321NEO
TUESDAYS & SUNDAYS

CMB DEPARTURE 20:55
BAH ARRIVAL - 23:55
GF137
A321NEO
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS

[banuthev]

Heard that Cargolux is looking at the feasibility of commencing flights to Colombo. Anyone in Cargo & Freight forwarding can confirm on this?

Is this latest update?

I searched on internet about Cargolux services to Sri Lanka and found Sri Lanka signed air services agreement with Luxembourg in 2018 for opening direct flights between these countries and in 2020 Sri Lanka requested Cargolux to serve HRI.

[Serendib]

Emirates has announced it will increase services to Colombo, offering customers 6 weekly flights starting 27 February.

[Aviational]

wow! good news! what about saudia? air arabia?

Air Arabia- From 2nd Mar
SHJ-CMB 2200 0355+1 TUE/FRI
CMB-SHJ 0455 0800 WED/SAT


Salam Air- From 11th Feb
CMB-MCT 0955 1255 THU

Flydubai- From 18th Feb
DXB-CMB 1855 0110+1 MON
DXB-CMB 1850 0050+1 WED

CMB-DXB 0210 0535 TUE
CMB-DXB 0150 0515 THU

Saudia- No update

[SHOCKWAVE]

Emirates has announced it will increase services to Colombo, offering customers 6 weekly flights starting 27 February.

EK is already operating 6+ flights per week but only 3 are dedicated for pax, rest is freighter.