SriLankan Airlines Inaugural Flight
Posted in Milan Malpensa, SriLankan Airlines on December 24th, 2009 by Milan Malpensa Airport News
Milan Malpensa Colombo SriLankan Airlines
SriLankan Airlines launched its newest service to Milan Malpensa Airport in December, the second Italian city to be connected directly with Colombo.
The twice-weekly service to Milan Malpensa is expected to significantly increase travel between northern Italy and Sri Lanka.
Italy is a significant tourism market for Sri Lanka, and has generated over 100,000 visitors to the country in the last decade, averaging approximately 12,000 annually.
SriLankan Airlines already serves the Italian capital Rome with a twice-weekly service which serves the southern and central regions of the country.
The inaugural flight, which was fully booked, was welcomed with ceremony at Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport.
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka have increased rapidly in the last six months since the country’s three-decade-old conflict ended, and SriLankan Airlines is in the forefront of marketing the island as a destination of choice.
The National Carrier has already begun marketing Sri Lanka’s diverse attractions among the northern Italian tourism industry.
The direct flight from Milan Malpensa to Colombo will also allow Italian travellers to catch rapid connections to popular tourist destinations in the Far East such as Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo.
SriLankan Airlines will be handled by Aviapartner at Milan Malpensa Airport.
