ABU Dhabi-based domestic carrier Rotana Jet today launched flights to two airports in Sri Lanka, in what appears to be its first international flights.
Airline officials said the two-year old carrier will operate three flights a week from Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi to Sri Lanka’s main Bandaranaike International Airport just outside Colombo and the recently Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Hambantota (TTG Asia e-Daily, March 7, 2013).
The airline will use an Airbus A319 aircraft with both business and economy class seats. In a statement, the airline said it planned to increase flights to six per week later.
Schedules were finalised during recent discussions in Colombo between Sri Lankan minister of aviation Piyankara Jayaratne, secretary of civil aviation Ravindra Ruberu, the UAE ambassador in Sri Lanka and Rotana Jet chairman, Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan.
The carrier is a charter and scheduled service operator that initially conducted domestic operations with flights to Bahrain, Muscat, Salalah, Sir Bani Yas island, Fujairah, Delma and Dubai.
