Emirates has unveiled plans to add an additional
daily direct flight between Dubai and Colombo, effective 1
December 2022.
The additional service, operating as EK648/EK649,
will increase the number of daily flights between the two cities
to three, including two direct flights and one operating via the
Maldivian capital, Male.
Emirates’ second daily flight will operate
between Dubai and Colombo, except during 16 to 30 December, when
the service from Dubai to Colombo will stop over in Male.
From 1 to 15 December and from 31 December to 26
March, EK648 is scheduled to depart Dubai at 16:10 and arrive in
Colombo at 21:55.
Flight EK648 will be routed
via Male from 16 to 30 December, and will during that period,
depart Dubai at 10:30 and arrive in Male at 14:45. It is then
slated to depart from Male at 17:15, arriving in Colombo at 19:15.
From 1 December to 26 March,
flight EK649 is scheduled to depart Colombo at 02:55 and arrive
in Dubai at 05:55.
Emirates operates a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in a
three-class configuration on flights to Colombo, offering First
Class, Business Class and an Economy Class.
Emirates launched operations to Sri Lanka in 1986
and celebrated 36 years of operations to Colombo earlier this
year.
The airline signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau in 2022, reaffirming its
commitment to Sri Lanka and outlining mutually beneficial
initiatives that will help revive the country’s trade and tourism
industry.
