SriLankan Airlines boosts Airbus 321 Neo fleet
DUBAI, August 4, 2018
SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka and proud member of the Oneworld Alliance, welcomed the newest and final addition to their new generation Airbus A321 Neo fleet.
The aircraft arrived at the airline's home base in Bandaranaike International Airport from Hamburg via Abu Dhabi, said a statement from the airline.
SriLankan now has six Airbus Neo aircraft and 27 aircraft in total in its fleet with the newest acquisition, it stated.
The flag carrier had acquired the A321 Neo new generation aircraft as part of its strategic expansion plan, in a bid to further boost capacity on it short to medium haul routes to the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and China.
SriLankan Airlines, which is already quite popular with Middle East travellers, for its in-flight service, hospitality and connections to Colombo and onward to Asia and Australia, is expected to put the new A321s into good use on the busier routes in the Middle East to Colombo sector, said the statement.
It is looking to attract even more tourists and business travellers from the GCC, by leveraging the enormous pulling power of the Indian Ocean island paradise combined with seamless onward connections to India, Southeast, East and North Asia as well as to Australia, it added.
Responding to growing demand from the region, SriLankan Airlines recently boosted its services with daily flights to Colombo from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait. The airline is also looking at increasing connectivity to other parts of the Gulf depending on demand, it added.
SriLankan Airlines today flies an all Airbus fleet, which includes the A330-300 and A320/A321 Neo aircraft connecting to 100 destinations in 47 countries (including codeshare operations).-TradeArabia News Service
