SriLankan Airlines launches non-stop flight to Nairobi from 22 April 2021

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

SriLankan Airlines is expanding its route network to include Nairobi as its newest flight destination. From 22 April 2021, its Airbus A330-300 operates scheduled flight between Colombo and Nairobi non-stop.

On 22 April 2021, SriLankan flight UL1715 departs from Colombo for Nairobi at 10.45 am, touches down in Nairobi at 2.14 pm before leaving Nairobi for Colombo at 4.40 am local time on 23 April 2021 and touching down in Colombo at 1.55 pm under flight UL1716.

SriLankan Airlines' A330-300 arrives in Nairobi on Thursdays and lands in Colombo on Fridays.

With the launch of SriLankan Airlines' revenue flight to Nairobi, SriLankan Airlines has enabled Colombo to be the nearest hub for African flights from Asia. Prior to the inaugural flight, Kenya Airways has suspended flights from Nairobi to Suvarnabhumi and Guangzhou due to the pandemic. 

SriLankan Airlines also flies to Mahe, the capital of the Seychelles, from Colombo.