SriLankan reschedules flight times

COLOMBO: SriLankan Airlines is rescheduling its flight times to fit into the Government's decision to turn the clock back by 30 minutes.

A statement for SriLankan Airlines states:

"The Government's decision to turn the clock back by 30 minutes, thereby reverting to the time zone GMT 5 1/2 hours will only have an impact on SriLankan Airlines operations into and out of Colombo.

Departure and arrival times of flights into and out of Colombo will advance by half an hour from April 15.

The first SriLankan Airlines flight to have a time change will be UL 316 from Colombo via Singapore to Kuala Lumpur on April 15. The flight originally scheduled to depart from Colombo at 0035 on April 15 will now depart at 0005 on April 15 (as per new time).

All SriLankan Airlines flight times into and out of its overseas destinations will remain unchanged.

The airline is taking steps to change all systems based on GMT + 6 to GMT+5 1/2 hours to be in line with the time change".