SriLankan
Airlines now flies direct to Tokyo thrice weekly
SriLankan Airlines has made flying to Japan easier
with three direct flights to Tokyo every week from Colombo. With the
dawn of peace, the National Carrier is promoting Colombo as a hub for
transit travel, as well as creating awareness of the country’s wide
range of attractions and value for money vacations for tourists in
support of the revival of the country’s tourism industry. SriLankan’s
flights now operate on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. All three flights
depart Bandaranaike International Airport at 11:40 p.m. and touch down
at Tokyo’s Narita Airport at 11:50 a.m. on the next day. Return flights
are via a short stop in Male. The flights operate on SriLankan’s
widebody Airbus A340 aircraft. Each seat is equipped with its own
touch-screen entertainment system that features over 40 movie,
television and radio channels and 16 interactive games, with Business
Class passengers having the choice of selecting from the video library
on board. The SriLankan Airlines global route network now covers 43
destinations in 29 countries. This year SriLankan Airlines marks 25
years of uninterrupted flights between Sri Lanka and Japan, one of a
handful of airlines that have done so. The event will be celebrated in
Tokyo today, with the participation officials of the airline and the Sri
Lankan embassy in Japan.
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