SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines (SIA), will commence flights to Sri Lank’s commercial capital Colombo on 08 April 2017.

SilkAir will operate three flights per week. SIA will continue to operate its daily night flight SQ468 and return flight SQ469.

The new service to Colombo, MI428, will be scheduled on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with a same-day return flight operating as MI427, similar to the current SIA timing. The services will be operated with B 737-800 aircraft, featuring both Business Class and Economy Class cabins.

Customers will be provided with a full-service experience, including in-flight meals, in-flight entertainment on SilkAir studio, baggage allowance of 40kg and 30kg for Business Class and Economy Class respectively, as well as through check-in if they are connecting to or from another SilkAir or SIA point via Singapore, SilkAir flies to 52 destinations across 14 countries in the world.

Attractive Business Class fares on Singapore Airlines and SilkAir are on offer to Singapore, Hong Kong, China (Beijing, Shanghai), Japan (Tokyo, Nagoya,Osaka, Fukuoka), Australia ( Adelaide, Cairns, Darwin, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra) and North America (Los Angeles, San Francisco).

These special fares are available for purchase until 31 March 2017, for travel out of Colombo by 30 June 2017. Contact your travel agent or Singapore Airlines on 2499699 for more details or visit singaporeair.com/lk

Source : http://www.ft.lk/article/602191/SilkAir-woos-Lankans-to-Singapore-with-three-flights-per-week