SriLankan Airlines (IATA UL) is a carrier from Sri Lanka, a member of the Oneworld alliance. In the SiamFlights route catalogue, SriLankan Airlines serves 1 route reaching 1 destination, with home hubs at Colombo (CMB). Its checked-baggage baseline is 30 kg. Local brand strength rates 6/10.
Routes SriLankan Airlines flies from Thailand & the region — 1 corridor
SriLankan Airlines (UL) appears on 1 corridor in our catalogue, reaching 1 destination in 1 country and roughly 14 weekly departures combined. The densest is BKK–CMB at 14 a week. The checked-baggage baseline we record is 30 kg.
| Route | Freq/wk | Hours | Market low (mid-2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok (BKK) → Colombo (CMB) | 14× | 3.8 |
The market-low column is the cheapest fare in our Travelpayouts cache on that corridor across all carriers, not a SriLankan Airlines-only price — use it as a floor when comparing.
The airline selling the ticket may not be the one flying it. Our catalogue records the carriers that appear on a corridor, including cases where one sells as marketing carrier on a partner’s aircraft. On a codeshare your baggage, seating and compensation rights attach to the operating carrier, not the name on the booking. Read the “operated by” line before assuming what you will get.
The frequency shown belongs to the corridor, not to this airline alone. The 14 weekly departures above sum the frequency of the routes SriLankan Airlines serves, and that count includes every other carrier on the same city pairs. To know how many rotations this airline actually operates on your dates, read its own schedule. We do not publish figures we have not captured.
Airline at a glance
SriLankan Airlines is registered in Sri Lanka and sits in Oneworld. We record a 30 kg baseline checked allowance. Those corridors carry about 14 weekly departures counting every carrier on the same city pairs.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| IATA code | UL |
| Home country | Sri Lanka |
| Alliance | Oneworld |
| Home hubs | Colombo (CMB) |
| Baggage baseline | 30 kg |
| Migrant-worker uplift | none |
| Hajj/Umrah charter | no |
| Infant fare | ~10% of adult |
SriLankan Airlines’s checked-baggage baseline is 30 kg.
The 10% infant fare does not include a seat. It applies to a lap infant travelling without its own seat. Want a separate seat or a car seat and the ticket becomes a child fare, priced as a share of the full fare, with an adult-style allowance. On long sectors the number of positions where a bassinet can be fitted is limited and they go early — request one as far ahead as possible if you need it.
SriLankan Airlines network & booking
SriLankan Airlines’s network in our catalogue covers 1 corridor, based at Colombo (CMB). The bases we record for it are Colombo (CMB). The checked-baggage baseline we record is 30 kg.
In this catalogue SriLankan Airlines’s network reaches 1 destination across 1 country — Sri Lanka. Most corridors serve Buddhist pilgrims travellers. All fares are shown in Thai baht (THB); compare the weekly cached fares and schedules for each city pair on the route pages, and infant fares run about 10% of the adult fare. Each route page shows a dated fare observation from our weekly fare cache — prices move with season, so check live fares before booking.
Our catalogue is not the airline’s full network. We build guides only for corridors relevant to travellers from Thailand. SriLankan Airlines may operate many routes that never appear here, so an absent corridor is not evidence the airline does not fly it. Check the official schedule when planning anything that does not start in Thailand.
Passenger rights & compensation
SriLankan Airlines appears on 1 corridor in our catalogue. SriLankan Airlines is registered in Sri Lanka and answers primarily to Sri Lanka CAA. The common misreading is that rights travel with the airline. In practice they change first with the country the flight departs from.
SriLankan Airlines passenger protection is governed by Sri Lanka CAA — covering care, rerouting and refunds for cancellations/long delays. There is no fixed EU261-style cash schedule; check the regulator’s official terms before filing.
Baggage runs on a separate legal frame. Liability for baggage lost, damaged or delayed on an international journey sits under the Montreal Convention 1999 where both states are parties. Caps are denominated in SDR and revised periodically, so only the current figure is usable. Crucially this is independent of delay compensation: you can have no compensation claim and still have a baggage claim.
Collect evidence from day one. Whichever frame applies, the burden of proof sits with the passenger. Keep every boarding pass, the airline’s own delay notice or message, receipts for food and accommodation while you waited, and the actual arrival time against the scheduled one. Most rejected claims fail not because there was no right but because nothing documented what actually happened when.
How SriLankan Airlines fits travellers
SriLankan Airlines appears on 1 corridor in our catalogue. SriLankan Airlines’s corridors in our catalogue serve mainly these traveller types: Buddhist pilgrims (1).
SriLankan Airlines’s catalogued routes matter most to the Buddhist pilgrims segment(s). Its Colombo (CMB) hub(s) are the main transit points. Compare schedules, baggage and fares against other carriers on the route pages before booking.
Your rights do not depend on why you travel. Two passengers on the same flight who paid different prices for different reasons hold identical statutory rights. What actually changes them is the departure country, the carrier’s nationality and whether the flight is scheduled or chartered.
Sources
SriLankan Airlines in our fare record
Across 8 weekly fare captures on corridors SriLankan Airlines serves, the code UL appears as the carrier holding the low 0 times — 0%. Those corridors carry about 14 weekly departures counting every carrier on the same city pairs.
What this measures, and what it does not. We capture each corridor’s lowest fare once a week and record which carrier code that value was attached to. The 0% figure therefore says how often this airline surfaced as the cheapest option in the window we observed. It does not say whether the airline is expensive or cheap on average, and it says nothing about what the others charged that week. A low share is not evidence of a high price.
Why a weekly cadence misses promotions. We capture once a week per corridor, so a promotion that opens and closes inside a few days can go unrecorded entirely. That means this series systematically under-counts how often exceptional lows occur. Read it as a picture of price level, not as a deal-catching instrument.
FAQ
How many routes does SriLankan Airlines fly in the SiamFlights catalogue?
SriLankan Airlines (UL) serves 1 route relevant to travellers from Thailand in our catalogue.
What is SriLankan Airlines’s checked-baggage allowance?
A 30 kg baseline. Always confirm on the official site before travel.
What alliance is SriLankan Airlines in?
SriLankan Airlines is a member of Oneworld.
Which regulator oversees SriLankan Airlines?
Sri Lanka CAA, by country of registration. But passenger rights are set first by the country the flight departs from — anything leaving Thailand sits with Thailand CAAT.
Does the SriLankan Airlines infant fare include a seat?
No. The roughly 10% rate applies to a lap infant with no seat of its own. A separate seat makes it a child fare, priced as a share of the full fare.
Is the low-fare column SriLankan Airlines’s own price?
No. It is the cheapest fare our cache recorded on that corridor across every carrier serving it. On a multi-carrier route the low may belong to a competitor.