Etihad to Sri Lanka

ETIHAD AIRWAYS of Abu Dhabi is to resume flights to Colombo in Sri Lanka, starting in January 2010.  The airline will operate four services a week to Colombo.  The resumption of flights follows the recent end to the civil conflict in Sri Lanka and is likely to provide a boost to the tourism sector and to the wider economy as a whole.  July and August 2009 already witnessed a 30% increase in visitors to the pretty island compared to the same period last year, and the Sri Lankan government is now targeting 2.5m visitors a year by 2016.  With this route Etihad will, from January, serve 58 destinations.  The timing of the flights has been carefully scheduled to facilitate onward connections from a number of key destinations on the airline’s network, including London, Moscow and North America. www.etihadairways.com

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