Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- The start of thrice-weekly winter services to Colombo by British carrier British Airways (BA) from today is a harbinger of good things to come for Sri Lanka's resurgent tourism industry, which is finally seeing pre-Covid arrivals numbers. The flights from London Gatwick (LGW) are resuming after a lapse of 11 years, with the airline last having flown to Colombo in 2015. These are scheduled flights that can carry ethnic traffic, giving Sri Lankans travelling to the United Kingdom (UK) an opportunity to connect to the wide BA and International Airlines Group (IAG) network spanning Europe and the Americas.Read Travel Guides
The new flights operated by BA, as well as those by Qantas subsidiary Jetstar (from Melbourne) have ...