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Flt delays at SriLankan Airlines on Thursday
A variety of reasons caused delays to several SriLankan Airlines flights on May 3.
The untimely sickness of a passenger inbound from the Gulf initiated a diversion to Cochin on one flight. Another aircraft inbound from Kuwait was caught in a dust-storm and required attention from Engineering. Two other aircraft were delayed for technical reasons that have since been resolved, the airline said in a media release on Thursday.
In February too, the airline experienced delays and congestion at Colombo Airport, on one or two days “Due to a combination of unforeseen events, including a bird strike which damaged an aircraft in Cochin, our valued customers have been subjected to great inconvenience and delayed flights,” the airline said at that time.
On Thursday, the airline said that the lack of aircraft meant that a number of flights, namely UL884 Colombo-Melbourne, UL281 Colombo-Jeddah, UL314 Colombo-Kuala Lumpur, UL406 Colombo-Bangkok and UL 604 Melbourne-Colombo suffered prolonged delays.
“SriLankan Airlines deeply regrets any inconvenience caused our valued customers. All passengers who had checked in were provided complimentary hotel accommodation and/or meals at the airport by the airline,” it said. - ENDS -
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