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SriLankan Airlines (formerly known as Air Lanka) is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and a member airline of the Oneworld airline alliance.It is currently(as at 2024 April),the largest airline in Sri Lanka by number of aircraft and destinations and was launched in 1979 as Air Lanka following the termination of operations of the original Sri Lankan flag carrier Air Ceylon.
Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Hub airport(s) Notes FitsAir: 8D: EXV: EXPOAVIA: 1997 Colombo BIA; Ratmalana; formerly ExpoAir SriLankan Airlines: UL: ALK: SRILANKAN: 1979 Colombo BIA; formerly Air Lanka and Air Ceylon
SriLankan Airlines is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka. Launched in 1979, the airline's hub is located at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo , providing connections to its global route network of 96 destinations in 46 countries (including codeshare operations along with its partner Oneworld airlines).
FitsAir. FITS Aviation (Pvt) Limited, DBA FitsAir (formerly known as ExpoAir ), is a Sri Lankan airline. It operates scheduled passenger services within Sri Lanka, as well as international cargo flights to several cities in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, and also operates charter flights to India. The company slogan is Friend In The Skies...
The Bandaranaike International Airport attack was a suicide raid Black Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on 24 July 2001 on the Sri Lanka Air Force base SLAF Katunayake and the adjoining Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka. The attack was one of the boldest the LTTE mounted during its war with the Sri ...
SriLankan Airlines operated a hub at the airport until 2015. In triangle routings through Colombo, the airline flew to Bangkok, Beijing, Chennai, Jeddah, Malé, Riyadh, Shanghai, and Tiruchirappalli from Mattala. The hub was closed on 17 January 2015, as the airline was accruing great losses on the routes.
King Khalid International Airport (Arabic: مطار الملك خالد الدولي Maṭār al-Malik Khālid al-Duwaliyy, IATA: RUH, ICAO: OERK) is an international airport located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by the architectural firm HOK, and Arabian Bechtel Company Limited served as the construction manager on behalf of the Saudi government.
A. Air Ceylon Avro 748 4R-ACJ bombing. Air Lanka Flight 512. Categories: SriLankan Airlines. Accidents and incidents by airline of Asia.