Russian national carrier “Red Wings” to start charter flights to SL

• Twice weekly with effect from December 28, 2022

The Sri Lankan embassy in Moscow announced that “Red Wings”, the national carrier of Russia, will start charter flight operations to Sri Lanka, Mattala Airport, twice per week with effect from December 28, 2022, a statement from the mission said 

 This is already the third Russian Airline serving direct flights to Sri Lanka. According to the commercial director of the Airline, Mr. I. V. Tretiakov, the first planes are fully booked. This is supported as well by the Russian top tour operators working in partnership with the Red Wings Airline.

Red Wings Airline planes are to switch to regular flights as soon as the accreditation is granted by the Sri Lanka Civil Aviation Authority and gradually increase the number of flights.

Given that Russia could be regarded as an important tourist traffic source to Sri Lanka at this trying time, this Embassy is of the view that this flight resumption will be of vital importance to the Sri Lankan tourism industry.