National carrier, SriLankan Airlines began commercial operations on its newly acquired Airbus 330-300 with a direct non-stop service to London on Sunday November 09th.
SriLankan Airlines flight UL505 departed from Katunayake at 0225 am local time on en-route to London Heathrow airport, returning to Colombo at 0440 am on Monday 10th November.
The brand new A330-300, the first of seven such aircraft on order from Airbus was inducted to SriLankan’s fleet last month, launching its wide body fleet renewal and replacement programme with the aim of reducing costs, improving operational efficiencies and providing an enhanced product offering to customers.
We will deploy the new A330-300s primarily on Far-Eastern routes including Bangkok, Tokyo and Chinese cities of Canton and Beijing said Chief Operations Officer, SriLankan Airlines Captain Druvi Perera.
SriLankan Airlines flight UL505 departed from Katunayake at 0225 am local time on en-route to London Heathrow airport, returning to Colombo at 0440 am on Monday 10th November.
The brand new A330-300, the first of seven such aircraft on order from Airbus was inducted to SriLankan’s fleet last month, launching its wide body fleet renewal and replacement programme with the aim of reducing costs, improving operational efficiencies and providing an enhanced product offering to customers.
We will deploy the new A330-300s primarily on Far-Eastern routes including Bangkok, Tokyo and Chinese cities of Canton and Beijing said Chief Operations Officer, SriLankan Airlines Captain Druvi Perera.
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