AirAsia is restoring frequencies on its Colombo-Kuala Lumpur and Colombo-Bangkok routes for the Winter 2026/27 season, taking the group to 21 flights a week out of Colombo from 1 November.
Under the restored schedule, AirAsia will operate double-daily flights — 14 weekly — between Colombo and Kuala Lumpur, while Thai AirAsia operates daily flights between Colombo and Bangkok, landing at Don Mueang, Lanka Business Online reported.
The two hubs give travellers onward connections to more than 130 destinations across the AirAsia network, including Bali, Phuket, Krabi and Chiang Mai, cities such as Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Manila, and longer-haul points including Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Melbourne and Perth.
The carrier framed the restoration as working in both directions, saying the added flights improve accessibility for Malaysian and Thai visitors to Sri Lanka.
Tickets are available through travel agents or through Mack Air (Pvt) Ltd, AirAsia’s authorised general sales agent in Sri Lanka and a John Keells Group company.
The added capacity lands as the government pursues a target of five million arrivals and $10 billion in tourism revenue by 2030, a push in which raising the number of international airlines serving the country is an explicit objective.
Not reported
The release does not state what the frequencies were before the restoration, when they were cut, or what aircraft types will operate the routes. No fare levels or seat counts are given, so the capacity increase cannot be quantified from the filing.
A note on sourcing
This account rests on a single verified outlet. Checks of the Daily FT, EconomyNext, Hiru, the Daily Mirror breaking-news listing and NewsFirst on 30 October found no independent report of the schedule change; the account derives from an AirAsia announcement.
