SriLankan Airlines to Add 7 more Aircraft by End 2011

18th October 2010, www.news360.lk

SriLankan Airlines today announced that it is planning to add 7 more aircrafts to its operations by end 2011.

Accordingly the move will see 5 airbus A320’s and two Twin Otter floatplanes being added to the Airlines fleet.

The highlight of the latest additions will be the purchasing of 3 brand new aircrafts , the first such purchasing to be done after a decade.

These brand new aircrafts will be purchased between the period of May – November 2011.

Before that, two other A320’s will be added to the fleet between the December 2010 and early 2011 period.

SriLankan also plans to utilize the 2 Twin Otters which it is hoping to acquire to re-launch its domestic Air Taxi service and also planning to add at least one more long-haul wide-body aircraft to increase its services to Europe and the Fast East.

SriLankan’s CEO Manoj Gunawardena says the new aircrafts once added will allow the Airline to fly to more cities in the Subcontinent, Middle East and Southeast Asia. (Pic. srilankan.lk)