Aerosvit Airlines, the largest air carrier of Ukraine, will take to the Sri Lankan skies as a response to surging demand for air carriages to Sri Lanka for its popular destinations.

Aerosvit which has excellent connections with 33 countries, covering 80 international routes is set to launch its non-stop flight to Colombo from Kyiv by carrying its first passengers to Colombo on October 23.

Aerosvit will conduct three flights to Sri Lanka per week with the wide body Boeing 767 aircraft and frequencies to Sri Lanka will be increased in the near future.

Aerosvit is also on the lookout to have a code-share agreement with SriLankan airlines and waiting for the SriLankan Airlines response to make this effort a success, quoting Aerosvit Airlines Sri Lanka Country Manager Yana Sopol Daily News reported.