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Emirates marks 40 years of operations to Colombo
Daily FT
|July 06, 2026
EMIRATES, the world’s largest international airline, marks 40 years of service to Colombo, Sri Lanka this year.
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Since its inaugural flight in April 1986, Emirates has transported over 15 million passengers on more than 97,000 flights to and from the country. Additionally, in the last two decades alone, Emirates’ flights have uplifted more than 403,000 tons of cargo between Sri Lanka and the rest of the airline’s expansive network.
This story is from the July 06, 2026 edition of Daily FT.
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