For the purpose of air transport in Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport is the only international airport in Sri Lanka in the north of Colombo is administered by the Airport and Aviation Services Ltd. in Sri Lanka. This international airport is the hub of the Sri Lankan Airlines which is also the national carrier of Sri Lanka.
The Bandaranaike Airport in Colombo during the Second World War started as a Royal Air Force base, RAF Negombo. Currently there are a number of airlines operating between various destinations and Colombo. Air Arabia is known to operate between Colombo and Sharjah while Air India Express and Jet Airways are known to operate between Chennai and Colombo. Air Sahara or Jet Lite is known to operate between Chennai, Delhi and Colombo and Australian Airlines operates between Vienna and Colombo. Blue Panorama operates from Milan-Malpensa to Colombo and vice versa and Cathay Pacific used to operate from Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Hong Kong, Singapore and is now suspended. Condor Airlines is known to operate between Frankfurt and Colombo and Emirates flies between Dubai, Jakarta, Singapore and Colombo. Kuwait Airways offers air transport between Kuwait, Jakarta and Colombo.
The other flights operating in Colombo international airport and offering successful air transport in Colombo to connect Colombo with the rest of the world are, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, SriLankan Airlines (operating between Colombo and Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangalore, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing, Chennai, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Jeddah, Karachi, Kochi, Kozikode, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Goa, Kuala Lumpur, Muscat, New Delhi, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Riyadh, Singapore, Thirvananthapuram, Tiruchirapally, Tokyo-Narita, Kuwait, London-Heathrow, Male, Mumbai), Thai Airways International. Know more about the interesting facts involved in the Air Transport in Colombo as you browse through the pages.
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