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Monday, November 01, 2010 - 7.45 GMT |
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SriLankan in
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SriLankan Airlines will be expanding its capacity throughout much of its route network starting this month in Europe, the Middle East, the Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and the Far East. The Airline has already begun expanding its fleet with seven more aircraft by the end of 2011.
The first of these, a wide-body Airbus A330, arrived last July.
Three more are planned by February 2011, including two Airbus A320s, plus a De Havilland Twin Otter Floatplane for the re-launch of the domestic service SriLankan Air Taxi.
The Government repurchased the stake in the Airline this year that had been privatized in 1998, bringing its shareholding to 94.68 percent. The remainder shares are held by the Airline’s employees.
The most significant addition will be the launch of thrice-weekly services to Guangzhou scheduled for January 28, the fourth city in China to be served by SriLankan.
In Europe, SriLankan will add its 13th weekly flight to London, from December 15, flying twice daily on all days except Friday.
In India, where SriLankan serves six cities, there will be increases in frequencies to Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. From December 1, the number of flights to Male is being increased to six per day. Karachi will also have an added frequency, bringing it to four per week from December 1. In Southeast Asia, both Singapore and Kuala Lumpur will have an added flight for a total of 11 flights each from December 1.
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