1.1INTRODUCTION TO SRI LANKAN AIRLINES
1.1.1Brief History of Sri Lankan Airlines
Sri Lankan Airlines is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and a member airline of the One
world airline alliance. It is currently the largest airline in Sri Lanka by number of aircraft and
destinations and was launched in 1979 as Air Lanka following the termination of operations of
the original Sri Lankan flag carrier Air Ceylon. Following its partial acquisition in 1998
by Emirates, it was re-branded and the current livery was introduced. In 2008, the government of
Sri Lanka acquired all the shares of the airline from Emirates. After ending the Emirates
partnership, it retained its re-branded name and logo
1.1.2Current Situation
Mr. Ashok Pathirage is recently appointed as chairman of Sri Lankan Airlines, and Mr. Vipula
Gunathilaka as CEO.
Sri Lankan Airlines has 24 aircrafts on its current fleet, and operates to 113
destinations in 51 countries.
Like every Airline, Sri Lankan Airline also facing a downward with this
current situation(covid-19). Even though Sri Lankan Airline struggling with this current situation
we manage to provide our customers with their needs and wants. As a matter of fact, Sir Lankan
Airlines has started new destinations recently also it has turned one of its own aircraft as a cargo
only carrier.
1.2PRODUCT AND SERVICES
1.2.1CARGO
General Freight
Sri Lankan cargo has the most economical global distribution cargo service for general freight.
This service is available on all Sri Lankan Airlines flights. Registered users can make
reservations online. If you are a new customer, you may register online or contact one of the Sri
Lankan Cargo offices for further details.

Company overview of Srilankan airline

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