Jetstar adds Melbourne - Colombo

[Harrison_133]

Jetstar will launch 3 weekly flights between Melbourne and Colombo, Sri Lanka in August 2026.
Flight schedules
From 25 August 2026**

JQ5 Melbourne – Colombo	Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday	12:00	17:50
JQ6 Colombo – Melbourne	Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday	19:50	10:00+1

**Schedule valid for 25 August – 03 Oct 2026, other periods vary based on daylight savings.
*As the upgraded 787 are progressively rolled out, some flights will operate with upgraded aircraft and others with our existing 787 aircraft.
Source: https://newsroom.jetstar.com/jetsta...lights-to-sri-lanka-with-fares-from-just-315/

 

[moa999]

What route stops for this one (or switches to 321s?)?
Edit - From prior analyticflying analysis it possibly replaces SYD-HNL which ran in this slot last year.

 

[am0985]

Hoping there's some decent deals for their business product on this - it's equivalent to a very solid PE at a good price for some of their other destinations.

 

[aikman]

I wonder if SriLankan will reduce frequency or if the total market will just expand.