EXCLUSIVE: SriLankan Airlines Winter 2010 – Guangzhou Launch, Two New A320s

SriLankan Airlines will be increasing its destinations to 50 ( inc. codeshare ) and fleet to 15 aircraft during Winter 2010/11. Full details below. The 50th destination will be Guangzhou ( CAN ).

Only special flights have been specifically mentioned, to other destinations, frequencies are stated. Other changes were mentioned in the previous post .

Two new A320s joining the fleet
4R-ABK – 1DEC
4R-ABL – 1FEB
Registration data is tentative

Most new frequencies are added from December. The remainder is added from February. Capacity changes are not mentioned unless a major change.

Malé, MLE
UL101/2 – Daily
UL103/4 – 5 weekly eff. Dec. 6 weekly eff. Feb.
UL105/6 – 4 weekly eff. Nov. Daily eff. Dec.
UL107/8 – 3 weekly eff. Nov. Daily eff. Dec.
UL109/10 – Weekly eff. Nov., twice weekly eff. Dec.
( Continuing to London UL501/2, UL507/8, UL509/10 – 5 weekly )
Total at Feb – 29 weekly. ( was 23 )

Chennai, MAA
UL121/2 – Daily
UL123/4 – Daily
UL127/8 – weekly

Total – 15 weekly ( was 14 )

Tiruchirapalli,TRZ
10 weekly

Mumbai, BOM
10 weekly ( was 7 )

Thiruvananthapuram, TRV
Daily ( was 10 weekly )

Bangalore, BLR
Daily

Delhi, DEL
Daily

Karachi, KHI
4 weekly ( was 3 )

Middle East
There is considerable de-linking of many flights effective Feb.

Till February
UL201/2 – Bahrain, Doha – 2 weekly
UL207/8 & UL211/2 – Abu Dhabi – Daily
UL209 – Doha, Muscat – 2 weekly
UL225/6 – Dubai ( A320 ) – Day 7. Ends in Dec.
UL227/8 – Dubai, Kuwait – Except Day 7. Till Dec.
UL267/8 – Dammam, Kuwait – Day 7. Ends in Dec.
UL263/4 – Dammam – Day 2,3,4
UL265/6 – Riyadh – Day 1,3
UL281/2 – Jeddah – Day 2,5

Eff. Dec ( in addition to above )
UL215/6 – Bahrain ( A320 ) – Day 5
UL217/8 – Doha ( A340 ) – Day 5
UL227/8 – Dubai, Kuwait – Day 7. Daily.
UL263/4 – Dammam – Day 7. 4 weekly.

From Feb.
UL205/6 – Muscat – Day 4,7. 2 weekly
UL215/6 – Bahrain – Day 1,2,5. 3 weekly.
UL217/8 – Doha – Day 1 ( A330 ), Day 4,5 ( A340 ), Day 7 ( A320 ). 4 weekly
UL207/8&UL211/2 – AUH – Daily
UL227/8 – DXB & KWI – Daily
UL263/4 – DMM – 4W
UL265/6 – RUH – 2W
UL281/2 – JED – 2W

Kuala Lumpur. KUL & Singapore, SIN
UL312 – Daily.
UL316 – Day 3,4,5. Day 1 eff. Dec.
Total – 11 weekly ( was 10 )

Tokyo, NRT
3 weekly

London, LHR
UL501/2 – Day 6
UL503/4 – Day 3,5 ( All operated by 4R-ALG, Flat bed A330 )
UL505/6 – Day 1,2,4,6,7. NEW Day 3.
UL507/8 – Day 2
UL509/10 – Day 1,4,7

Total – 13 weekly ( was 12 )
Via Malé – 5 weekly ( was 5 )

Frankfurt, FRA
4 weekly

Paris, CDG
3 weekly.
Timing unification
UL563 CMB 0115 – 0815 CDG 357 A340
UL564 CDG 1430 – 0515+1 CMB 357 A340

Milan, MXP & Rome, FCO
3 weekly.
Timing update.
UL571 CMB 0001 – 0630 MXP 0740 – 0900 FCO 1010 – 2355 CMB 357

Hong Kong, HKG
3 weekly. Via BKK.

NEW Guangzhou, CAN
Eff. 28JAN
UL882 CMB 0701 – 1155 BKK 1250 – 1630 CAN Day 3,5 A340. Day 7 A330.
UL883 1840 CAN – 1935 BKK 2035 – 2230 CMB Day 3,5 A340. Day 7 A330.

Beijing, PEK
3 weekly. Via BKK.

Shanghai, PVG
4 weekly. All A330. Via BKK.

Bangkok, BKK
13 weekly. All continuing as mentioned above.

Planned Moscow launch appears to have been cancelled.
By February, SriLankan will be operating to 50 destinations in 31 countries ( 31 destinations in 20 countries ex. codeshare )
Planned fleet as of 1 Feb. as follows
A320-200 – 5
A330-200 – 5
A340-300 – 5

All of above information is a future plan and is subject to change.