Uzbekistan Airways commences charter operations to (MRIA): AASL

Uzbekistan Airways, the flag carrier airline of Uzbekistan, will commence operations to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) tomorrow (9), the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited (AASL) said.

They said the airline will operate a weekly flight between Uzbekistan and MRIA every Wednesday starting from tomorrow. 

The AASL met the airline officials at the Air Service World Congress 2021 Forum, held in Dubai last December, and had extensive discussions, and as a result, the airline will start operations at MRIA. 

Even with the COVID-19 pandemic situation during the last two years, we have seen an increase in the number of passenger movements with several foreign airlines operating their flights to MRIA. MRIA has seen significant growth in the arrival of international tourists in the past two years. At present, SkyUp Airlines and Gullivair Air are operating and have plans to continue scheduled charter flights. So far during January 2022, these Airlines have flown more than 2900 tourists into the country. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)