{"id":61220,"date":"2021-04-06T18:22:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=61220"},"modified":"2021-04-06T18:22:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:22:13","slug":"emirates-celebrates-35-years-of-service-to-colombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/emirates-celebrates-35-years-of-service-to-colombo\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates celebrates 35 years of service to Colombo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #000080;\">Emirates celebrates 35 years of service to Colombo<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61221 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Emirates.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/emirates-celebrates-35-years-of-service-to-colombo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Emirates is celebrating 35 years of connecting Sri Lanka to the world. Since its first flight in 1986, the airline has carried more than 8 million passengers to and from Colombo \u2013 operating more than 49,000 roundtrip flights. Emirates currently serves the country with six weekly flights, connecting customers to more than 90 destinations within its network, via Dubai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Emirates launched its operations to Colombo on April 1, 1986, utilising a Boeing 777-200LR. In 1997, due to increased passenger demand, the airline upgraded its operations and introduced its wide-body Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in a three-class configuration. Today, Emirates is the only international airline to serve Colombo with First Class services \u2013 offering passengers superior services and comfort in air and on-ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Emirates SkyCargo, the airline\u2019s freight division, continues to play a crucial role in maintaining vital trade links and driving economic activity \u2013 helping local businesses connect to more than 130 cargo destinations worldwide. Over the past 10 years, Emirates SkyCargo has carried more than 275,000 tonnes to and from the country including the main commodities of seafood, fruits, vegetables, pharmaceuticals, consumer electronic goods, and medical equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emirates celebrates 35 years of service to Colombo Source:Island Emirates is celebrating 35 years of connecting Sri Lanka to the world. Since its first flight in 1986, the airline has carried more than 8 million passengers to and from Colombo \u2013 operating more than 49,000 roundtrip flights. Emirates currently serves the country with six weekly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":61221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[33684],"class_list":{"0":"post-61220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-emirates","9":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Emirates celebrates 35 years of service to Colombo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Emirates is celebrating 35 years of connecting Sri Lanka to the world. 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