SriLankan Airlines to get busy in winter 2023
National carrier SriLankan Airlines is planning on a significant increase in flights to a number of destinations in its network during the upcoming winter season.
“We anticipate increasing our overall number of weekly flights to existing destinations by 22 per cent in the upcoming winter season,” SriLankan Airlines CEO Richard Nuttal told the Business Times in an emailed interview on the carrier’s operations for this year.
He explained that the increases will be seen across its wide network of destinations in India, West Asia, Far East and Europe.
“Our current 122 weekly flights to 15 destinations across the Indian Subcontinent is targeted for a 16 per cent increase, the 41 weekly flights to seven West Asian destinations by 7 per cent; the 52 weekly flights to the Far East by over 50 per cent; and the 13 weekly flights to Europe is expected to go up by 15 per cent,” Mr. Nuttal said.
Prior to the pandemic the airline had a fleet of 27 aircraft and currently it has 23 aircraft.
The carrier will be planning on leasing aircraft at the current market value, which is far less than the market rates of five years ago, the CEO explained.
In line with increasing passenger capacity they hope the increased frequencies will help to bring in more onboard as they increase flights for winter 2023/24.
He noted that as a passenger airline, SriLankan Cargo could be constrained due to this significant increase in passenger demand.
In terms of cargo revenue the airlines has plans to enhance this capacity through block space agreements with other airlines and third-party freighter operators, he noted. The increase in flights on the national carrier is bound to generate more arrivals to the country.
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