Korean Air to start thrice weekly Sri Lanka, Maldives service in March

KOREAN Air is launching direct service from Seoul-Incheon to Sri Lanka and Maldives, starting March 9.

The direct thrice-weekly service provides flights from Seoul-Incheon to Colombo and then onto the Maldives. The Seoul-Incheon - Colombo-Male flights will operate Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Flight KE 473 will depart Seoul-Incheon at 22:40 hrs and arrive in Colombo at 04:10 the next day. The flight continues its journey departing from Colombo at 05:40, arriving Male at 06:40 the same day. On the return, KE 474 will depart from Male at 15:30 and arrive in Colombo at 17:30; then the flight will depart from Colombo at 18:50 and arrive in Seoul-Incheon at 06:10 the next day.

The new route will be operated with an Airbus 330-300. It will provide links with destinations served in the Americas, Japan, China and other parts of Asia.

Since the beginning of the year, the airline has commenced a number of new routes, including Da Nang Vietnam in January, London Gatwick in April, Kenya Nairobi in June, Yangon Myanmar in September and Riyadh and Jeddah Saudi Arabia in November.