(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – SriLankan Airlines, the National Carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the Oneworld alliance successfully commenced its flights to the French capital, Paris today after a lapse of six years.
Accordingly, SriLankan airlines’ new service will operate scheduled flights between Colombo‛s Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and France‛s Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) non-stop flights to France every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday using a fleet of Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
The inaugural flight from Colombo to Paris left Colombo on 30th October and arrived here in Paris on 31st morning at 7.30 am.
Upon Arrival, the Sri Lankan community in Paris together with the Sri Lankan Embassy in France welcomed the Sri Lankan delegation led by the Minister for Tourism and Promotions Prasanna Ranathunga and Chairman SriLankan Airlines Ashok Pathirage.