{"id":17158,"date":"2017-05-06T18:19:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T18:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=17158"},"modified":"2017-05-06T18:19:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T18:19:26","slug":"srilankan-airlines-launch-colombo-melbourne-flights-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/srilankan-airlines-launch-colombo-melbourne-flights-year-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SriLankan Airlines to launch Colombo-Melbourne flights this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">SriLankan Airlines to launch Colombo-Melbourne flights this year<\/h1>\n<p>Wednesday, 03 May 2017 00:00 Written by \u00a0admin Published in Australia News<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/srilankan-airlines-launch-colombo-melbourne-flights-year-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17157\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SriLankan-Airlines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE | SriLankan Airlines will begin flying between Melbourne and Colombo towards the end of this year, marking the airline&#8217;s long-awaited return to Australian skies.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A spokesperson for the Sri Lankan flag-carrier \u2013 which many years ago abandoned flights to both Sydney and Melbourne \u2013 indicated to Australian Business Traveller that the schedule would see four flights each week, using an Airbus A330 jet fitted with lie-flat business class seats to make the 11 hour journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This will be the only direct route from Australia to Sri Lanka \u2013 most travellers to the tiny island off the southern tip of India transit via Singapore, with onwards flights provided by SriLankan and Singapore Airlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Business class travellers and passengers holding the appropriate Qantas Frequent Flyer status will be able to use Qantas&#8217; Melbourne lounges, including the Qantas First Lounge for Qantas Platinum and Platinum One members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Reciprocal access will see FlySmiles Gold members eligible to use the Qantas Business Lounge, while FlySmiles Platinums can luxe it up in the Qantas First Lounge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Travellers will also have the option of pocketing frequent flyer miles in SriLankan&#8217;s FlySmiles scheme or the Qantas Frequent Flyer program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Earlier this week Australia&#8217;s International Air Services Commission renewed limited codeshare agreements between Qantas, Emirates and SriLankan Airlines for flights to Colombo via Singapore, and between Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines for flights to Colombo via Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">by David Flynn | May 3, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Source : ausbt.com.au<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SriLankan Airlines to launch Colombo-Melbourne flights this year Wednesday, 03 May 2017 00:00 Written by \u00a0admin Published in Australia News EXCLUSIVE | SriLankan Airlines will begin flying between Melbourne and Colombo towards the end of this year, marking the airline&#8217;s long-awaited return to Australian skies.\u00a0 A spokesperson for the Sri Lankan flag-carrier \u2013 which many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[1746,1745],"class_list":{"0":"post-17158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-articles","7":"tag-colombo-melbourne-flights","8":"tag-srilankan-airlines"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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