Air China resumes services to Colombo

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CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Follow

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Air China resumed services between the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Colombo and Chengdu Tianfu International Airport with three flights a week from Chengdu-Colombo-Chengdu yesterday (3), Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited (AASL) said.

Resuming its operations, the first flight arrived at the BIA at 8.20 p.m. with 142 passengers. The passengers were warmly welcomed with a traditional Kandyan dancing performance and Ceylon tea gift packs, they said.

Air China Limited is the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China and one of the "Big Three" mainland Chinese airlines (alongside China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines).

Air China's headquarters are in Shunyi District, Beijing. Its flight operations are based primarily at Beijing Capital International Airport.

In 2017, the airline carried 102 million domestic and international passengers with an average load factor of 81%. The airline joined Star Alliance in 2007. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)

Comments - 8

Jude Tuesday, 04 July 2023 07:58 AM

Ground SriLankan airlines and government should only engage in collecting landing fees!! And that would rake in few billion rupees annually.

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Punchi Tuesday, 04 July 2023 08:50 AM

Opening up a new route to undertake surreptitious surveillance in the flight patch using undercarriage mounted cameras and monitoring equipment

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Amaran Tuesday, 04 July 2023 08:51 AM

A Warm Welcome to AIR CHINA and CHINESE TOURISTS. Please help Sri Lanka to promote tourism. Have a pleasant stay !!

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Tourist from Europe Tuesday, 04 July 2023 10:02 AM

A very expensive stay you mean. Sri Lankans will squeeze out every single dollar.

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Amaran Tuesday, 04 July 2023 01:33 PM

@ Tourist from Europe: we sell leisure whereas you all sell WEAPONS TO Ukraine to fight.

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Hawkeye Tuesday, 04 July 2023 02:35 PM

Tourist from Europe ... I bet my bottom dollar you and others of your type would just love it if the conversion rate rises to 1000.00 rupees per dollar ! So you could enjoy five-star luxury for the price of a lousy, limpid, tasteless cheeseburger in your own country. Please get lost and don't come back. We certainly don't want cheapskates like you.

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European tourist Tuesday, 04 July 2023 11:38 PM

Hawkeye: suit yourself. But we are not stupid, we know we better and prefer countries like Thailand, Vietnam, Maleisia....In Sri Lanka we are treated as ATM's: tourists are only good for cleaning up your financial mess. We even have to pay at the airport for LEAVING Sri Lanka. And don't worry, I will never come back.

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European Wednesday, 05 July 2023 09:45 AM

Amaran: we don't sell weapons to Ukraine, we, NATO, donate weapons to Ukraine.

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