PTI
  
Panaji / Colombo, Mar 20: Sri Lankan Airlines is adding a third weekly flight to Goa, inching ahead to become the first scheduled foreign carrier to have 100 flights each week to India.

The national flag carrier currently operates 95 flights to 10 Indian cities, including seven flights added to Mumbai last month and the new Goa flight scheduled from March 30.

Sri Lankan has 15 weekly flights to Chennai, twice daily to Mumbai, 13 to Trivandrum, 11 to Kochi, 10 to Trichy, 8 to Calicut, and daily to New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Bangalore.

"Customer demand for our services to Goa has been steadily building up and we are very pleased to offer an additional weekly service," Manoj Gunawardena, Sri Lankan's Head of Worldwide Passenger Sales said in a statement.

"This not only brings in greater seat capacity on the route but also gives our customers more flexibility in planning their journeys." The airline says it offers rapid connections to Goa in Colombo for flights from Europe, the Middle East, Far East and Southeast Asia.