HONG KONG – Cathay Pacific Airways will resume its passenger services between Hong Kong and Colombo from March 30.
The airline will operate a daily service to the Sri Lankan capital using a Boeing 777-300 aircraft routed through either Bangkok or Singapore.
Three flights a week, operating as CX703, will go via Bangkok every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
On all other days of the week the flight will be routed through Singapore.
Cathay Pacific director corporate development, Augustus Tang, said: “Sri Lanka is an important market for both passengers and cargo and getting the destination back into our network will certainly be beneficial for the Hong Kong hub.”
Cathay Pacific suspended its operations to Colombo in April 2007 due to security concerns.
The airline said it made a thorough audit before taking the decision to resume flights and is confident that new security measures in place at Colombo airport meet the airline’ s safety requirements.
The news about the resumption of Colombo flights follows on the heels of a recent announcement about increased services to India.
Cathay Pacific will add 10 flights a week to Delhi and six flights a week to Mumbai by March 30.
In addition, it will launch Chennai as a destination on June 1, with four flights a week, while sister airline Dragonair will begin a daily flight to Bangalore on May 1.
