DALLAS – Today in Aviation, Air Lanka, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, was renamed SriLankan Airlines (UL) in 1999.
Speaking at the time, the carrier’s then Chief Executive, Peter Hill, said, “We want to upgrade the airline’s image and have managed to negotiate with the Sri Lankan government a large portfolio of traffic rights which we want to start using.”
New Name, New Look
The airline’s new livery was unveiled at a special ceremony in Colombo, marking the arrival of one of the carrier’s new Airbus A340 jets, flown in read more ⇒
Source:: “Airways Magazine”