Sri Lankan flies to Shanghai

SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, launched its new four-times a week service to Shanghai, the third Chinese city in its global route network on July 01.

The flights on comfortable wide-body Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft will operate via Bangkok to China's largest city and commercial capital on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The inauguration in Shanghai included a ribbon cutting ceremony at Pudong International Airport,Shanghai and a press conference followed by a corporate dinner the next day.