COLOMBO: National carrier SriLankan Airlines today said it will soon acquire its first brand of new aircraft in more than a decade among the seven aircraft it plans to take delivery of by 2011-end.
They include five Airbus A320's, including three brand new aircraft, and two Twin Otter float planes.
"We will be celebrating an important new chapter in the history of SriLankan Airlines with the arrival of this large number of aircraft within a short period," SriLankan's CEO Manoj Gunawardena today said.
He said this would allow the airlines to significantly enhance the passenger service. "This will give us the ability to fly to more cities in the Subcontinent, Middle East and Southeast Asia, and to also increase capacity to existing destinations in these regions," he today said in a statement.
The last time Sri Lanka's National Carrier took delivery of a brand new aircraft was in......
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