OREANDA-NEWS. September 18, 2012. It’s one year since passengers of Moscow Domodedovo Airport opened a new tourist destination - the island of Sri Lanka, inscribed with intricate ornament into the history of the ancient Asian civilization.

The visit to the center of Ceylonese culture - Buddhist temples in Dambulla rock, and the queue of giant Budda statues in Polonnaruwa – became ??possible with the entry of the national carrier of the Republic of Sri Lanka - SriLankan Airlines – into the Moscow market of airline services. The carrier has chosen Moscow Domodedovo Airport as its partner, from which, twice a week - Wednesdays and Saturdays, is operating its flights from Moscow to Colombo on comfortable Airbus aircrafts, equipped with the state-of-art version of the infotainment system Panasonic eFX Audio Video On Demand.

“During the first year since the start of flights from Moscow to Colombo, Domodedovo Airport has handled over 100 flights of SriLankan Airlines, which has carried more than 20,000 travelers,- said Igor Borisov, Director of Moscow Domodedovo Airport. - We value our South Asian partner, and we are confident that our further cooperation will be successful and useful. Understanding of common goals and joint search for optimal solutions will allow us to achieve good results in the future.”

SriLankan Airlines is the national carrier of the Republic of Sri Lanka, keeping up to the highest international standards in the field of service, comfort, and safety. The airline was established in Colombo in 1979. The headquarter of SriLankan Airlines is based in Colombo. The base airport is the international airport Bandaranaike International Airport. SriLankan Airlines operates regular flights to 51 destinations in 32 countries in Europe, Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, Far East, North America, and Australia.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the largest airport in Russia in terms of passenger traffic. Following 2011, the airport has served 25,701,610 people, which made it possible for us to enter the team of the largest airports in Europe, according to the ACI classification. Moscow Domodedovo Airport has been chosen for flights to Moscow by members of the world’s leading aviation alliances – Oneworld and Star Alliance. Since 2009, Moscow Domodedovo Airport has been on top of the rating of the best airports in Eastern Europe in terms of the service quality, according to the annual survey by the independent research company Skytrax Research (UK).