FitsAir adds two new weekly Colombo-Dhaka flights
The Morning: FitsAir announced the expansion of its Colombo-Dhaka service with the addition of two new weekly flights.
Previously operating three times a week, the enhanced schedule will now offer five weekly flights, providing passengers with greater travel flexibility and convenience.
The additional flights will operate from 15 February to 29 March, with departures on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
This improved frequency ensures more seamless travel for both business and leisure passengers flying between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the most affordable rate.
FitsAir Executive Director Ammar Kassim said: “As Sri Lanka’s first privately-owned international airline, our mission is to deliver affordable, reliable, and on-time travel experiences. Expanding our Dhaka operations is a significant step in strengthening regional connectivity, and with increased frequency, passengers now have more travel options, flexibility, and affordability. We are already planning to raise the frequency to six flights per week during the upcoming summer season.”
FitsAir has been expanding its footprint across key regional destinations. In addition to Dhaka, the airline operates daily flights to Dubai and Male and three weekly flights to Chennai, ensuring passengers have access to a growing network of popular travel routes.
OSL take:
Sri Lanka’s expanding economic activities and the steadily growing tourism industry have all resulted in an increase in the number of flights operated by many international airlines to Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan authorities are also focused on improving domestic and international air connectivity, which is a prerequisite to an emerging business destination. The increase in the air travel to the country and the number of foreign travelers have in-turn resulted in the expansion of business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka’s airport, aviation and tourism industries. These opportunities range from the development of infrastructure and supplementary infrastructure facilities to meet the increasing demand in the local airport, aviation and tourism industries to providing technical expertise to the technological advancements to be on par with the fast-evolving global trends. With Sri Lanka on the path to becoming a regional hub supported by the country’s strategic positioning in the Indian Ocean and the strong trade ties, the business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka’s airport, aviation and tourism industries to foreign businesses/investors on the lookout for lucrative business ventures in the South Asian region, especially in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka also presents the best destination for foreign businesses/investors to set up bases to engage with other countries in the region using the preferential treatment enjoyed by the country with other countries in the region.
| Article Code : | VBS/AT/20250218/Z_1 |