Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA / Image courtesy : Anna Aero
Sri Lanka, which closed its borders to international tourists in mid-March 2020 due to the pandemic, reopened its borders to commercial air traffic on 28 December 2020 when SkyUp Airlines launched a charter flight from Ukraine's capital Kiev Boryspil International Airport to Mattala, the largest airport of Sri Lanka, via Sharjah.
The Ukrainian carrier is operating the route twice-weekly on a charter basis until the end of March 2021 for a total one-way distance of 6,934 kilometres with its 189-seat B737-800 jet. There are 180 passengers onboard the inaugural flight.
This is followed by Ukraine International Airlines, the second airline to operate another flight from Kiev on 29 December 2020.
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