LOT Polish Airlines commences flights between Poland and Sri Lanka
A popular European airline carrier, LOT Polish Airlines, has commenced flights between Poland and Sri Lanka with the launch of three weekly direct flights from this week for the current winter season.
The commencement of flights to Sri Lanka by LOT Polish is expected to attract 15,000 more tourists to the country.
The inaugural flight from Warsaw to Colombo touched down at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) earlier this week carrying holidaymakers, journalists and a top-tier trade delegation with members from Poland and across Europe.
The seasonal direct flight will operate thrice weekly from Warsaw to Colombo until the end of March 2020, with hopes of bringing around 10,000-15,000 Polish tourists to the country during the five-month period, the local media has reported.
Present among the distinguished group of passengers were Poland’s Interior Minister Maciej Lang, Polish Ambassador to Sri Lanka Adam Burakowski, LOT Polish Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Michał Fijoł, company spokesperson Michał Czernicki and Poland’s next Miss Universe and LOT Polish Airlines flight attendant Olga Buława.
“The commencement of LOT Polish Airlines is a beginning of a new era in the Sri Lanka-Poland bilateral relationship,” Polish Ambassador to Sri Lanka Adam Burakowski has told journalists in Colombo.
He has noted that this milestone would help to bolster potential to support an increase in tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka and to strengthen economic cooperation in the areas of trade, investment, finance, education and culture between the two countries.
“Sri Lanka is one of our key partners in the South Asian region,” the Ambassador has noted.
LOT Polish Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Michał Fijoł has said they were excited to join their local partners in celebrating the landing of LOT Polish Airlines’ very first direct flight to Colombo.
“Given Sri Lanka’s rising prominence as a must-visit destination in Asia, we are confident the improved connectivity enabled by LOT’s three weekly flights will help increase tourist arrivals while providing globetrotting Sri Lankans with a convenient and comfortable option for travelling to Poland, Central Europe or any other destination we fly to,” he has added.
OSL take:
The commencement of flights between Poland and Sri Lanka during the winter season would give a definite boost to the country’s trade and tourism sectors. Sri Lanka’s geographical positioning in the Indian Ocean, the ease of doing business environment in the country and the many trade agreements as well as the trade concessions enjoyed by the country have made it an ideal business destination in the South Asian region. Also, Sri Lanka continues to maintain the top slot as the destination of the year in several key global travel publications. Sri Lanka’s trade and tourism sectors are on a growth path resulting in the expansion of business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka. Therefore Polish and Sri Lankan businesses could look at building business/trade ties.
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