Colombo, Sri Lanka: €2,974 / £2,629 SWISS First Class Flights from London (Save £164 w/ Zurich Stopover)

Star Alliance members SWISS and Lufthansa (in cooperation with Vistara and oneworld member SriLankan Airlines) now offer first class flights from London to Colombo at £2,629 (~€3,058). If you spend a night in Zürich, your price will drop to £2,483 (~€2,889).

Show Deal

There are plenty of routing possibilities. Flying a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 on the way back costs only £16 (~€19) more and flying Vistara instead of SriLankan costs the same.

Our availability calendar highlights all possible flight dates at the lowest price for trips up to 28 days. It will forward you to Lufthansa with your selected flight dates.

You would fly SWISS’ A320 family (3-3 with blocked middle seats) or A220s (2-3 with blocked middle/aisle seats, some operated by Air Baltic) or Helvetic Airways Embraers (2-2 with blocked aisle seats). Then you would fly SWISS’ A330s to Mumbai in first class before a SriLankan on Vistara business class flight, both offering a 2-2 configuration in business class.

It’s possible to include a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 on the way back for only £16 (~€19) more.

SWISS First Class

In SWISS’ first class, you’ll be served excellent food in a comfortable seat that can be turned into a flat bed. Usually, the 8 first class seats are in a 1-2-1 formation, meaning that every seat has direct access to the aisle. You’ll be allowed to check in 3 pieces of luggage and bring 2 carry-ons. In Zurich, you’ll enjoy the first class lounge, which was recently named the best in the world. You can read all about SWISS’s first class in this review.

Lufthansa First Class

Lufthansa has its own terminal for First Class passengers! This and the food in Lufthansa’s First Class are widely considered to be among the best. The First Class terminal has its own airport security control, free food, hotel-like rooms with bed and bathtub, and so on. You get driven to the plane in a limousine.

The seat can be turned into a 210 cm long bed (roughly 80 cm wide) and has all the usual comforts, such as power sockets, inflight entertainment, WIFI, and so on.

This is a panorama picture of Lufthansa’s First Class

Search & Book

The fare rules don’t mention any expiration date. There is a minimum stay of a Saturday night or 6 days and a maximum stay of 12 months. There is good availability between August and early December 2023 and in January and February 2024.

You can find availabilities in the calendar above that will forward you with your selected dates to Lufthansa’s website. Alternatively, you can use Google Flights (instructions) to search for flights and use our Go2 browser extension to book your flights.

Add a Zurich Stopover

If you’d like to save up to £146 (~€170) (minus a hotel in Zürich), you can find availabilities here. Just find an available return date pair above, then edit the first flight so that you’ll spend at least 24 hours in Zürich.

Mileage

Lufthansa issues these tickets in the following booking classes:

SWISS short-haul business class flights: J
SWISS first class flights: A
SriLankan Airways business class flights: I
Lufthansa first class flights: A
Lufthansa short-haul business class flights: J
Vistara business class flights: Z

This is what the example trips (SWISS+SriLankan) would earn you:

33,982 Award Miles + 680 Points on Miles&More
26,384 Miles on Aegean Miles+Bonus
26,344 Miles on Ethiopian ShebaMiles
18,656 Points on SAS EuroBonus
18,656 Miles on Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
18,216 Award Miles + 3,392 PQP on United MileagePlus
18,216 Miles on Copa ConnectMiles
18,020 Award Miles on LATAM Pass
17,726 Miles on Singapore KrisFlyer
17,726 Miles on TAP Miles&Go
17,726 Miles on Thai Royal Orchid Plus
17,726 Miles on Egyptair Plus
13,662 Miles on Air Canada Aeroplan
13,466 Miles on EVA Infinity MileageLands
13,418 Miles on Asiana Club
13,418 Award Miles + 9,108 Tier Miles on Avianca LifeMiles
13,172 Miles on ANA Mileage Club
2,844 Miles on SriLankan FlySmiLes
2,370 Award Miles on Etihad Guest
2,086 Miles on Alaska Mileage Plan
1,896 AsiaMiles + 40 Club Points on Asia Miles
1,896 Avios + 80 Tier Points on British Airways Executive Club
1,896 Avios + 24 Qpoints on Qatar Privilege Club
1,896 Avios + 230 Elite Points on Iberia Plus
1,896 Miles on American AAdvantage
1,896 Miles on Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer
1,896 Points on Finnair Plus
1,896 Miles on Royal Jordanian Royal Club
1,896 Points + 6 Elite Points on Malaysia Airlines Enrich
1,896 Miles on Japan Airlines Mileage Bank

Data provided by miles.travel-dealz.com. Without guarantee on correctness.

You can calculate your earnings by using our mileage calculator:

Destination

Hotel prices in Colombo usually start at roughly €30, depending on the hotel category. Whichever category and hotel you opt for, make sure to get the best price! Our recommendation is to search on booking.com, or even on our own Travel-Dealz hotel search:

Information & Tips for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and the southeast of the Arabian Sea. The island is geographically separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. The legislative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the commercial capital and largest city, Colombo.

Best Time To Visit

The best time to visit the west and south coasts and hill country is from December to March, while the best weather on the east coast is from April/May to September.

Visa & Entry

EU citizens will need a visa to enter Sri Lanka. This can be obtained at arrival or in advance. And it is free of charge.

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