Category: Travel

KLM resumes flights to Colombo after nearly 20 years At the start of the 2016 winter schedule, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resume direct services to Sri Lanka’s Colombo International Airport from October, the airline said in a statement last week. The first flight to Colombo is scheduled to depart on Monday, 31 October 2016. This marks KLM’s return to Sri Lanka after an absence of almost 20 years. KLM suspended service to the Sri…
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Austrian Airlines now fly to Sri Lanka. The Vienna Colombo route is currently tagged as costing 684 euros return. “In addition to the Maldives and Mauritius, Sri Lanka is yet another destination in the Indian Ocean“, explains Andreas Otto, Chief Commercial Officer of Austrian Airlines. ”In this way we are increasingly focusing on long-haul tourist destinations which are particularly in demand during the winter months.” Also known as the Spice Island, Sri Lanka is mainly…
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