Price Starting From:
$.350
Air Line:
SRI LANKAN AIRLINE
Details Of Flight
Established by the Government of Sri Lanka in July, 1979, following the closure of Air Ceylon, Air Lanka initially operated two Boeing 707 jets on lease from Singapore Airlines. During the 1980s, various destinations were added to the network, and new aircraft were added to the fleet. In 1990, Air Lanka served 26 destinations. Two years later, the first Airbus A320 aircraft joined the fleet. In 1998, Air Lanka was privatized to the Dubai based Emirates Group. Emirates got a 40% stake worth US$70 million, later increased to 43.6% in Air Lanka, and tried to refurbish the airline's image and fleet, abandoning the Air Lanka brand and launching SriLankan Airlines.