SriLankan Airlines Official

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SriLankan Airlines Official has room for improvement based on customer feedback. Customers particularly appreciate service and professional, though some mention concerns about customer service and communication.

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2 out of 5 stars
2/5

Poor organisation and air crew miserable and unhelpful.

We flew on 30th July from Colombo to London. My daughter was suffering form food poisoning and being sick every 30 mins...Read more

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4 out of 5 stars
4/5

Good quality for a low price

I just completed a trip from Trichy to Singapore via Colombo through this airlines today. To summarize, “I’m fully sati...Read more

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1 out of 5 stars
1/5

My mother was travelling from Bangalore…

My mother was travelling from Bangalore to Melbourne and she had a connecting flight via Colombo. I was not able to conn...Read more

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2 out of 5 stars
2/5

Mel- Col Sri Lankan flight service needs improvement

Please consider this review as a constructive feedback. We are aware of the value of the Mel- SL direct flight but we al...Read more

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Chin Dubs
Chin Dubs
1 reviews
almost 6 years ago
5 out of 5 stars

Rectified a tough situation

Had an issue where my bag was lost along the way to Sri Lanka. It was actually misplaced by United in the States prior to arriving to Sri Lanka. However Sri Lankan airlines took control of the situation and was able to procure me a full refund of the necessary items I had to purchase for the three days without my luggage.

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almost 6 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

No refund ,2 months ,21 days

No refund ,2 months ,21 days Dear Sri Lankan Airlines Team, Good day!!!, I cancelled my booking on October 31,2019 for flight Srilankan airways from Melbourne to cochin on DECEMBER 4,2019. Booking code : PGYERJ Passengers: 3 passengers No refund has been processed yet. Booked trough Travel agent- Travelgeno, They are saying waiting to hear from the airways . Now its more than 2 months for refund. Hoped I get a reply positive from your end Kindly do the necessary to start refunding the money you owe me after deduction of cancellation fees. it is unethical to delay the refund amount to customers. Hoping you do the necessary to refund the amount. Thanking you Varghese James

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about 6 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Worst service

Worst service Incompetent staff Doesn’t care

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Beverley
Beverley
1 reviews
about 6 years ago
5 out of 5 stars

Great srilankan air

Reading everyone's reviews made me think twice about using Sri lankan. Qatar in april was a shambles so decided even tho the reviews were awful, i tried sri lankan.... And i was NOT disappointed. Staff great, 2 alcoholic drinks at a time. Lol Good food, snacks and entertainment. 10.15 hrs from London to Colombo is better than a 4 hour wait in the middle east for a connection. And 100s of pounds cheaper. Sri lankan will be our choice , always from now on and after 6 times on hols to Sri Lanka we wont use nobody else to fly with. Thanks Sri lankan air xx

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Sanjula
Sanjula
1 reviews
about 6 years ago
5 out of 5 stars

Now Service is good

Now Service is good. i can recommend

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over 6 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Worst airlines

I think this is the worst airline.ground staff to cabin crew are disgusting.very poor customer service,can’t get hold of any representative over the phone,deliberately damage to the baggage, Have to wait for ever to get a small compensation. Never going to fly again 🤬

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over 6 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

That was awful.

That was awful.. i came at the desk 58 minutes before the flight and they said the desk is already closed. I had an online check-in and wanted just to drop the luggage.

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over 6 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

We booked flights to Sri Lanka in…

We booked flights to Sri Lanka in September however following the recent events decided we no longer felt comfortable flying there. We have been charged £235 per person to cancel which given the circumstances I feel is disgusting. They’re not losing out on anything really as our seats can be re-sold so what the £235 each is for is absolutely beyond me. This company are incredibly difficult to liaise with over email (I can’t take phone calls at work) and a different member of staff replies every time so there’s no consistency. Overall I would say don’t bother, if you can fly with literally anyone else!!

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over 6 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Unfriendly staff and crew

Beware there is a high possibility that the flight can depart transit point especially Colombo, without you boarding the flight inspite of having a boarding pass. My mother travelled on wheel chair assistance from Chennai to Melbourne. The gate authorities in Colombo kept delaying the Wheelchair boarding to the last minute, to the extent that as soon as she got into the flight, the doors were closed. All these after she made repeated pleads to the ground staff atleast 20 times in her 1 and half hour transit. Everytime she was sent back, why do you have to hurry, dont worry we will take care My mother also told she met a co passenger who could not board the flight due to this careless attitude of ground staff. Never ever in the aviation history have i heard of a wheelchair passenger treated so badly during flight boarding process. Will never ever book this flight even to my enemy.

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Ollie J
Ollie J
1 reviews
over 6 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Not worth the risk!

Sri Lankan refused to compensate us for the flights with their airline THEY caused us to miss, had to book flight with another airline when our connecting flight was cancelled due to a technical issue. Left us out of pocket well over £1000 and made us wait around the airport to fight amongst locals for help. Eventually refused to help us and would have had us sleep on the floor in an Indian airport. Out of 4 flights booked with Sri Lankan only 1 was successful, didn't get any compensation for the other 3. AVOID.

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over 6 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Don't dare to go for your journey with this Airlines

Very worst experience I had with srilanka airline's.Do not opt this Airlines and thanq.

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janaratn
janaratn
1 reviews
about 7 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

very poor customer service

I chose this airline as there is no other direct flight to Sri lanka. Nothing is perfect in this company. You will never be able to contact Srilankan airline through phone.They will give you enough liquor. But food is horrible.Some of the online entertainment not working. People are travelling with Sri lankans as there is no any other direct flight.

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Da Roza
Da Roza
1 reviews
over 7 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Avoid Sri Lankan Airlines, they will leave you stranded.......

We booked return flights Singapore to Muscat via Colombo. 5 days before our flight home, the airline called to say our return flight was cancelled. A scheduled flight. Cancelled for "operational reasons". We were told to wait 24 hours for another flight with no compensation offered. Although the airline had a code share with Oman Air and could have put us on that flight an hour later (it had a lot of empty seats) they refused to. Do not go near this airline.

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Alyssa Willis
Alyssa Willis
1 reviews
almost 8 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

AVOID AT ALL COSTS - RIDICULOUS CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!

I work for a travel agent who works on behalf of the customer. We have been misinformed by the airline that services are included, which aren't - and then Sri Lankan airlines are not willing to negotiate on the face they are in the wrong - their staff are unbelievably horrendous - VERY RUDE, they do not listen - they talk to you like your an idiot and are not happy to provide you with good customer service. Also trying to speak to a manager is not possible as the excuse is always the manager is not available - I have been on the phone to them over the course on 2 days for a total of over 4 hours. DO NOT EXPECT ANY RESOLUTION FROM THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!

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krevguy
krevguy
1 reviews
about 8 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Separate seats, very rude check in staff

Me and my partner booked our flight as a single booking, when we departed the UK we sat together and was no problems in out automatically booked seats, on the way to London from Sri Lanka we were given seats by very very rude check in staff where we were at the opposite end of the plane, my partner is not such a good flyer so this was a big problem, when we went to enquire about this at the check in the staff were not interested and only wanted to speak among each other rather than help a paying customer, Through security we were told out seats would be changed..... That never happened, on the flight we were told our seats will be changed.... That never happened either, very disappointed about this I did complain on the company website but have received very little feedback and poor responses Highly doubt I would look to fly with them again

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almost 9 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Favorism to westerners

Me, my wife and two kids were travelling, Most of the flight attendants has clear favoritism to white skin

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andy collins
andy collins
1 reviews
over 9 years ago
5 out of 5 stars

Unprofessional Dumb Staff

they didn't know where to plug the headset.and they cant speak english and one girls breath was stinky.they need to hire good professional staff

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mike
mike
1 reviews
almost 10 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Monster delay - very limited remedy. Avoid at all cost

Srilankan Airlines was to fly us out of the Maldives and into Europe, but managed to miss their slot time despite zero tecnical issues and no other traffic in the airport. We had to approach the aircrew to ask about out connecting flight from Colombo to Frankfurt, and would probably have heard nothing if we hadn't done so. We were told that they would try to hold the connecting flight and that there was a good chance to make it. Still no PA were made. Other passengers were in distress. Sure enough we missed the connection, and were rebooked at a flight 13 hours later. They refused to re-route us via London on a flight leaving shortly after our delayed arrival. Then we were given a voucher for a dubious down town Colombo hotel, but managed to fight us for a room in the airport transit hotel. During the process we were kept un-informed and directly lied to several times. Effectively we were delayed a full day AND loosing a nights sleep in the process. Never again Srilankan Airlines

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over 10 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Stay Clear for the moment!

A good airline once but now besieged with corruption and the times are changing in Sri Lanka, politically. This airline is facing bankruptcy and do watch it. If you book tickets make sure that you have some form of come back in the form of insurance or having paid for your ticket by way of a credit card. The former CEO of this airline is being charged criminally for leading the airline towards the bankruptcy-edge-of-the-cliff.

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