Bengaluru | SriLankan Airlines on Friday said it is scheduled to launch a new daytime flight between Bengaluru and Colombo starting October 31, bringing the total weekly operations between the two cities to 10 flights.

The new flight timings are ideal for both Indian holidaymakers and business event attendees travelling to Sri Lanka for short weekend escapes, it said.

Flight UL 1174 will depart from Bengaluru to Colombo at 09:40 AM every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, arriving in Colombo at 11:10 AM. The corresponding return flight, UL 1173, will leave Colombo at 07:20 AM and reach Bengaluru at 08:40 AM, also every Thursday through Saturday.

Aside from the new additions, the airline said it will continue to operate its existing daily service between Bengaluru and Colombo.

It said India is the only country to have nine of its cities featured in SriLankan Airlines' network -- Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Trichy, Madurai and Bengaluru.

Altogether, the airline operates close to 90 flights every week between India and the island nation