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SriLankan Airlines (IATA code: UL) was found in 1979 as Air Lanka. It is known as the national carrier of Sri Lanka. With its hub located at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, SriLankan Airlines provides convenient connections to its global route network of 100 destinations in 47 countries. With a solid reputation for service, comfort, safety, reliability and punctuality, it is no wonder that SriLankan Airlines has been recognized as an award-winning airline. Some of the most prestigious awards SriLankan Airlines has ever achieved are Skytrax Best Airline in Central Asia in for four consecutive years in 2001-2004, Future Travel Awards 2015 for the category of Best in the Region, and World Travel Awards 2013 Indian ocean Ceremony – Special Awards of Appreciation. In operating its flight service, SriLankan currently uses an all-Airbus fleet of 23 modern aircraft, which includes 13 units of A330 for long haul flights and ten units of A320/A321 for medium haul flights. Those aircraft feature two different types of cabin classes, which are Economy Class and Business Class. All seats in both classes are equipped with an in-flight entertainment system that contains an array of movies, TV shows, radio channels, audios, and games. The in-flight entertainment system is designed to make the flight become more enjoyable for all SriLankan passengers. Besides an in-flight entertainment system, all passengers will be also served with in-flight meal service. However, the menus vary between the flight classes. Passengers in the Economy Class will be served with light snacks, teas, coffee, and complimentary bar service including a range of wines, spirits, and soft drinks. For the Economy Class passengers who are traveling on a long haul flight, they will also have a choice up to three main courses. Meanwhile, There are at least five main meals options offered to the Business Class passengers, ranging from breakfast, vegetarian, seafood, chicken, and meat. In addition to that, SriLankan Airlines also offers all day snack options such as club sandwich and warm salad. Each SriLankan flight ticket also comes with a facility of free baggage allowance. Passengers traveling on Economy Class are allowed a 30 kg baggage allowance with a maximum dimension of 158 cm, while the Business Class passengers are entitled to a 40 kg baggage allowance with the same maximum dimension. All checked baggage must be dropped in at the check-in counter. Please remember that check-in deadlines are different at every airport. However, SriLankan Airlines’ check-in counters generally open three hours prior to departure and will be closed one hour before the scheduled flight. In addition to checked baggage, Economy Class passengers can bring one piece of cabin baggage with maximum weight of seven kg. Meanwhile, the Business Class passengers can bring two pieces of cabin baggage. When checking-in, passengers who are also a member of FlySmiLes may present their membership card so that they can earn FlySmiLes on SriLankan Airlines flights. FlySmiLes is SriLankan Airlines’ frequent flyer program dedicated to its most valuable passengers.There are five membership levels offered by FlySmiLes including Platinum, Gold, Classic, Silver, and Blue. Every mile earned will take the passenger to the next tier, which comes with more rewards. Accumulated miles can be redeemed for extra baggage allowance, flight class upgrade, to free flight ticket.

Even though it was launched in 1979, the journey of SriLankan Airlines had actually started in 1947 when the original Sri Lanka’s flag carrier named Air Ceylon was found. But then the airline’s operations were terminated due to bankruptcy, thus Air Lanka was born. Air Lanka was a state-owned airline. In 1998, Sri Lankan government and Emirates signed an agreement for a ten year strategic partnership. The agreement included right for all aircraft ground handling and airline catering at Bandaranaike International Airport for a ten year period. The government retained a majority stake in the airline at 60%, but they gave full control to Emirates for investments and management decisions. During the same year, Air Lanka was finally rebranded into SriLankan Airlines. Ten years later, when the agreement ended, Emirates said to Sri Lankan Government that it would not renew its management contract. Emirates sold its stake in the SriLankan Airlines to the Government of Sri Lanka in a deal that was finalized in 2010. This officially ended any affiliations between Emirates and SriLankan Airlines. Besides, it turned out that the Sri Lankan Government was seeking greater control over the day-to-day management of the airline. However, after the partnership with Emirates ended, SriLankan Airlines still continued using its re-branded name and logo. Following the ownership transfer, SriLankan Airlines decided to promote Colombo as a hub for flights to Asia. The first destination of the expansion plan was Shanghai, China. On 2012, it was announced that SriLankan Airlines would join as the oneworld® member, on the sidelines of the IATA World Air Transport Summit in Beijing. At the time, Cathay Pacific served Sri Lankan Airlines as its sponsor through its alliance implementation program. The membership implementation itself took approximately 18 months. Finally, SriLankan Airlines officially joined the oneworld® alliance on May 1st, 2014, as the first carrier from the Indian Sub-continent. This oneworld® membership enables SriLankan Airlines to expand its route network. Today, the airline is able to provide convenient connections to its global route network of 100 destinations in 47 countries. During the same year, SriLankan Airlines started to renew and increase its fleet, with purchases of Airbus A330 and A350 models. The airline phased out their last Airbus A340-300 on January 2016 with its last scheduled flight from Chennai to Colombo. In 2016, SriLankan Airlines acquired Mihin Lanka, a low-fare leisure airline also owned by Sri Lankan government. With this acquirement, SriLankan Airlines took Mihin Lanka’s A319-132 aircraft and two units of A321-231 aircraft. Today, SriLankan Airlines operates Mihin Lanka’s 11 flight routes, which include Jakarta, Dhaka, Lahore, Bahrain, Varanasi, Gaya, Madurai, Seychelles, Sharjah, Kolkata, and Gan. Regarding the initial livery of SriLankan Airlines, at first, it featured red stripes on a white fuselage, with the tail being a solid red and supporting the corporate logo, which is a stylized vimana locally known as “dandu monrara”, the flying machine of the mythical king, Ravana. This has been the airline’s livery for nearly two decades, from 1979 to 1998. Right after SriLankan Airlines began a 10-year partnership with Emirates, the livery was changed into a much simpler logo, with an all-white fuselage, covered by blue “SriLankan Airlines” title and a tail adorned with the corporate logo. But, on May 2014, when SriLankan Airlines joined a oneworld® membership, an Airbus A330 in special oneworld® livery was delivered to commemorate the airline’s establishment as the global alliance’s member. The airline currently operates an all-Airbus fleet of 23 modern and sophisticated aircraft, which include Airbus A330-300, Airbus A330-200, Airbus A320/A321, and Airbus A320neo. In addition to its passenger service, SriLankan Airlines also operates several cargo flights to Male, the Middle East, and India, using a McDonnel Douglas MD-80 of FitsAir. Other subsidiaries include domestic air taxi service, catering, engineering, ground handling, and IT services.