Azur Air resumes direct charter flights to Sri Lanka, covering eight Russian cities

Azur Air has resumed direct charter flights to Sri Lanka, with the flight program covering eight Russian cities, the carrier’s press service said on Tuesday. In the new season, Azur Air will fly to Mattala airport in Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka. Previously, the carrier operated flights to Colombo. According to the press service, arriving at Mattala will reduce transfer time to a number of hotels on the southern coast, primarily in the Hambantota and Tangalle areas.

The first flight of the program was operated from Tyumen with a full load and was met with a ceremonial welcome at Mattala airport. Flights from Samara, Moscow, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Mineralnye Vody and Ufa will subsequently be launched sequentially by November 11.

According to the airline, the program will be the largest in terms of the number of departure regions in the history of its flights to the island.

Flights will be operated on Boeing 767 aircraft. Three flights are planned from Moscow every 12 days, two from Yekaterinburg, and one flight every 12 days from the other cities.

The photo is taken from official photo gallery of air company.