SriLankan Airlines announces Ahmedabad as its 10th destination in India

SriLankan Airlines will add Ahmedabad as its 10th destination in India from April and is also exploring the possibility of increasing frequencies on its existing routes to the country.

“This is our first launch in five years, and we have chosen India for it,” said its Head of Commercial, Dimuthu Tennakoon at a press conference.

The airline currently has 23 airworthy aircraft and plans to return one A320 narrowbody and one A330 widebody, both presently grounded, to service, which will help it add frequencies on its India routes.

The airline serves Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kochi, Thiruvananthpuram, Madurai and Tiruchirappalli.

Travellers from Ahmedabad will be able to connect to destinations such as Australia, countries in the Far East as well as Europe.

Around 30% of SriLankan Airlines passengers from India are transit travellers connecting via Colombo to other international destinations. Indians also make up about 23% of Sri Lanka’s total foreign tourist arrivals, numbering around 5,31,000.