SriLankan Airlines is preparing to commence operations between the Maldives and the United Kingdom in February. The airline stated that the operations were to commence on February 13. The operations are direct flights between Male’ City and London. Flights will be held every Wednesday and Sunday between the Maldives and the UK. SriLankan Airlines had …
Qatar Airways targets becoming the first airline in the Middle East to begin trialling the innovative new IATA Travel Pass ‘Digital Passport’ mobile app, in partnership with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), from March 2021. The trial will play an important role in the airline’s vision to have a more contactless, secure and seamless …
The group of visitors with Ambassador for Germany, Manori Unambuwa at the Frankfurt Airport Sri Lanka Tourism got back to business by welcoming the first group of tourists from Germany and Switzerland after the reopening of the airport. They were brought by a Sri Lankan Airlines flight which took off from Frankfurt to Colombo on …
Sri Lanka Tourism yesterday said the country has welcomed over 400 international tourists after reopening borders on 21 January, and expressed confidence that interest will build up gradually towards the first half of the year. As of yesterday, a total of 407 international travellers have arrived, where 300 Ukrainians applied for visa online through the Immigration …
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved over 20 charter flights to bring in tourists in February and March. The new approvals are for flights operated by Ukraine International and SkyUp from Ukraine and Air Astana from Kazakhstan. Of the approved, 12 are by SkyUp which was the first to arrive under the pilot project …
Kuwait Airways is back from 28th January 2021 Statement issued by the Kuwait Airways Kuwait Airways, National Carrier of the State of Kuwait and one of Sri Lanka’s most popular airlines recently rated as a Major Five Star Airline for the year 2021, is back in Sri Lanka! The Airline whose colorful history in Sri Lanka extends …
The Government has approved two more airlines to commence operations to Sri Lanka during the post Covid- phase, the Daily FT reported. The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) has approved Ethiopian Airlines and Maldivian Airlines to join the existing fleet of international airlines operating to Sri Lanka. The two new airlines were approved …
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said that the country has received a revenue of Rs. 420 million from the 1500 Ukrainian tourists who arrived in the country under the pilot project of reopening the country for tourists from December 26, 2020 onwards. He said that all arrangements have been finalised to reopen the country to tourists …
The government has decided to introduce a new mobile phone application for tourists visiting Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said. The app, called ‘Sri Lanka Tourism’, will be launched by the end of January. The Authority has decided to make it compulsory for tourists to obtain insurance coverage through this application …
The current Hotel School Diploma, that takes four years to complete, is being reviewed to be converted to a Degree, according to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA). SLTDA, with the assistance of Asian Development Bank, is currently mapping the syllabus and conducting a gap analysis to achieve degree status. The plans are also …
