Sri Lanka’s aviation traffic will increase further in the coming weeks with four new airlines gearing up to launch direct flights to the country starting December.

The Ministry of Tourism affirmed yesterday that from 3 December onwards, flights with Russia, Italy, Kazakhstan, and Poland.

On 3 December, Russia's AZUR Airlines, and Air Astana from Kazakhstan will commence flights to Sri Lanka twice a week, whereas Poland’s LOT Polish will commence flights from 8 December, and NEOS Airlines from Italy will kick off from 15 December.

Starting November, Air France resumed operations in Sri Lanka after a 30-year hiatus.

The Ministry of Tourism shared that of the 37 airlines that operated flights to Sri Lanka prior to the Coviid-19 pandemic, 17 have resumed passenger flights. With regard to cargo flights, eight airlines have resumed operations.

The ministry said active negotiations are underway with all the airlines that flew to the island nation before the pandemic, to resume operations.