01st August, 2021, Colombo:
SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka has commenced direct flights between Sri Lanka and Russia on 1st August 2021.After a break of 6 years, SriLankan airline has resumed flights between Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport (DME).
SriLankan would operate weekly flight to Russia on every Friday using an Airbus A330 configured for 269 economy and 28 business class seats. Flight UL533 will depart Colombo at 22:20 hrs., landing at Moscow Domodedovo Airport at 04:30 hrs., with the return leg UL534 leaving Moscow at 19:15 hrs. the next day and landing back into Colombo at 06:05 hrs. on Sunday.The flight time between the two sectors will be around 08 hours and 25 minutes.
SriLankan Airlines Chairman Ashok Pathirage added, “Sri Lanka has a long-standing relationship with Russia which dates back to many centuries, as we have kept an undiminished friendship propagating trade, tourism, culture, and education. SriLankan Airlines resumes flights to Moscow providing a significant air link that opens to the gateway of the South Asian region. We hope that our flights between the two countries builds a window of opportunity for both countries in terms of trade and tourism.”
“We are delighted to return to Russia as we add Moscow to our growing route network. Passengers can now transfer or travel to Sri Lanka as restrictions in the country gradually ease for international business and leisure visitors. In time to come we look forward to increasing our cargo and passenger frequencies”, stated SriLankan Airlines CEO VipulaGunatilleka.
Head of Worldwide Sales and Distribution, DimuthuTennakoon said, “Recommencing flights between Russia and Sri Lanka is important to us at a time when the global travel industry is seeing a gradual revival, we are extremely confident that these flights will indeed fulfill aspirations of the travelers who want to see the world and would boost travel between both countries.”
