Korean Air launches new flights to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Korean air is expanding its network in Southeast Asia with the launch of service to Sri Lanka and the Maldives in March.

Korean Air will start the direct service three times a week, flying from Seoul/Incheon first to Colombo in Sri Lanka and then onto Male in the Maldives. The Seoul/Incheon-Colombo-Male flights will operate every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

KE 473 will depart Seoul/Incheon at 22:40 and arrive in Colombo at 4:10 the next day. The flight continues its journey departing from Colombo at 5:40, arriving in Male at 6:40 the same day. The returning 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 6:10 the next morning.

The new route will be served with an Airbus 330-300, seating 276 passengers and equipped with Korean Air’s premium seats. First Class has six sleeper seats: 180° full-flat beds with 83-inch pitch and 20.6-inch width. Prestige (business) Class has 18 full-flat sleepers with 74-inch pitch and extra-large privacy partitions.

Korean Air has launched a variety of new routes since the beginning of the year including Da Nang, Vietnam; London Gatwick; Kenya and Nairobi in Africa; Yangon, Myanmar; and Riyadh and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.