Our flight to Sri Lanka by SriLankan Airlines
SriLankan Airlines Flight UL502 - 2008
Airbus Industrie A340-300 London
Heathrow LHR Terminal 4 to Colombo, Sri Lanka - Bandaranayike International.
 SriLankan
Airlines with its hub at Colombo's Bandaranayike
Interrnational Airport (BIA) now boasts an all Airbus fleet - one of the
most modern fleets in the region. They were the first in all of Asia to fly the
Airbus A340 and the first in South Asia to order the Airbus A330-200.
Business Class 18 Seats - Economy Class 295/6 Seats - Seating Plan
Seat Pitch: Business 52" - Economy 32"
We flew out of Manchester in October 2008 on a BMI conecting
flight to London Heathrow where we board SriLankan Airlines Flight UL502. Travelling
in economy class on an Airbus A340-300.
The flight, albeit long, was comfortable and the cabin staff were excellent.
There are other SriLankan Airlines partner flights with BMI from Belfast,
Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Teesside to LHR.
Flight time from London to Bandaranayike
International Airport, Colombo
is 12:45, with one 'technical' stop in Male, Sechelles.
Meals: Dinner and Breakfast fare included with a running soft drinks and bar
service with free sandwiches available. The menu was well prepared and as tasty
as airline food gets.
Our e-ticket showed a baggage allowance of 30kg per traveller. According to
the AirLanka website the free baggage allowance allocated for tickets purchased
online is as follows:
Checked Baggage:
Economy Class - 20 Kgs /
Business Class - 30 Kgs ~ Hand Luggage:
Economy Class - 7 Kgs /
Business Class - 7 Kgs
We apologise for the repetition of some place or proper names with different
spellings, but there is no definitive spelling translation of these words.
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JeGraNet.com statement - 15 October 2008 - Quote from the British Foreign
and Commonwealth Office website: "There is a high threat from terrorism in Sri
Lanka. Fatal attacks have become more frequent. They have occurred in Colombo
and throughout Sri Lanka, including places frequented by expatriate and foreign
travellers. Further attacks may occur at any time. There is an increasing risk
of British nationals being caught up in an attack". As independent travellers
we left Colombo after just 9 days into our planned 6 month stay as a result of
a feeling of insecurity, however we are sure that 'package tour' travellers to
tourist resorts will probably enjoy a worry free holiday. |
