Deploying an Airbus A330-300 that offers 28 fully flat beds in Business class and 265 spacious seats in Economy, Cathay will initially fly thrice a week with departure from Colombo on Fridays, Sundays and Wednesdays.

the Cathay Pacific Sri Lanka and the Maldives Country Lead Harish Kiran said following the opening of Hong Kong early last year, Colombo is the sixth destination for Cathay Pacific to resume services within South Asia, Middle East and Africa.

Other destinations that went online earlier were Dubai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Johannesburg. It restored thrice a week services to Chennai yesterday.

“Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka are on an upward trend with the country having attracted 1.48 million visitors last year. Being a key destination for Cathay, resumption of services to Colombo was an obvious choice,” Kiran said