SriLankan Airlines will add more flights to its UK destination to meet the summer time travel requirement.

The airline will increase its Colombo - London Heathrow operation to 12 weekly flights from June 28 to September 20 to meet the demand during the peak summer season.

Last year 114,218 tourists arrived in Sri Lanka from the UK, only second to India.

SriLankan currently serves 58 destinations in 33 countries worldwide in Europe, North America, Canada, India, the Far East and Middle East including 11 Gulf and Middle East destinations. The national carrier just entered into an agreement with Amadeus IT Group and will migrate to Amadeus' full Altéa suite becoming a member of the Oneworld global alliance.