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SriLankan to launches a third flight on the Colombo -Bangkok route
Sri Lankan Airlines will introduce a third daily flight between Bangkok and Colombo aimed essentially at boosting transit passenger traffic to the Middle East and South India, the Bangkok Post reported.
The additional service is due for launch on July 15 with the arrival time at Colombo reducing waiting time for connecting flights to the two regions.
light UL405 from the Thai capital will see the connection time cut by around two hours from the 6-8 hour wait which passengers taking the existing two daily Bangkok-Colombo services endure.
The airline's passengers can enjoy more convenience with much faster connections to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Muscat, Dammam, Bahrain, Riyadh, Kuwait and Jeddah, the airline said.
Connecting flights to Bangalore, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchchirappalli and Kochi would also be easier, Riza Yusoof, the airline's manager for Thailand and the Mekong Region told the Bangkok Post yesterday.
Sri Lankan's additional Bangkok-Colombo flight is also aimed at attracting more Thai visitors to the country which last year stood at just around 10,000
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