Emirates and SriLankan Airways have signed an interline settlement that may allow entry to new factors on one another’s networks through Colombo and Dubai, utilising a single ticket and the comfort of luggage transfers.
The interline settlement will grant Emirates passengers entry to fifteen regional locations operated by SriLankan Airways through Colombo.
The interline community additionally contains two new Indian locations, Madurai and Tiruchirapally, along with Gan Island within the Maldives. Far East and South Asian locations additionally embrace Cochin, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Malé, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Guangzhou, Seoul and Tokyo.
Emirates at present operates two direct each day flights to Colombo, utilising a Boeing 777-300ER, in addition to an extra each day service through Malé. It’s the solely worldwide provider to serve the nation with top quality companies.
Passengers of SriLankan Airways are additionally set to learn from entry to Emirates’ international community and join to fifteen cities operated by Emirates past Dubai. It contains locations akin to Bahrain, Amman, Dammam, Medina, Cairo, Muscat, Nairobi, Moscow, Tel Aviv, and a bunch of US cities together with New York JFK, Los Angeles, San Franciso, Chicago, Boston and Houston.
“We’re happy to activate an interline partnership with SriLankan and supply our prospects with extra selection and entry to further locations to swimsuit their journey plans. This partnership allows prospects to seamlessly fly to distinctive locations in India and the Maldives, through Colombo. We sit up for additional growing our cooperation within the close to future and enhancing advantages that prospects can take pleasure in when travelling with Emirates and SriLankan on one ticket,” mentioned Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ chief business officer.
Richard Nuttall, chief government officer of SriLankan Airways, added, “We’re comfortable to announce our renewed interline collaboration with Emirates. Emirates is a really international airline and has an extended historical past in Sri Lanka and it provides us actual pleasure to work with them. The partnership gives extra choices to connect with and from Sri Lanka, aiding each Sri Lankan passengers at house and overseas, and helps tourism development to the Pearl of the Indian Ocean.”
Emirates launched companies to Sri Lanka again in 1986 and since then has carried greater than 11 million passengers to and from Colombo.
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