SriLankan airlines is to re-start their services to Zurich in Switzerland

Sri Lanka’s national carrier SriLankan airlines will re-start their services to Zurich in Switzerland from December 23, 2011 said the airline.
SriLankan airline now flies 34 countries worldwide and Switzerland, Zurich is the 53rd destination of the airline.
"This will significantly strengthen our services to travelers in central Europe, which is viewed as a market with great potential for tourism to Sri Lanka," SriLankan Airlines chairman Nishantha Wickremasinghe said.
SriLankan had first started flying to Switzerland in 1980 but it was stopped in 2005.
The Zurich-Colombo flight is likely to operate through Male in the Maldive Islands and the new service would serve travelers in Switzerland, southern Germany, eastern France and Austria