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.

 

[Melburnian1]

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

While many travellers book in advance, often several months, the recent cyclone may (in time) discourage some leisure travellers from visiting Sri Lanka.

 

[Ade]

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

I hope UL won't reduce frequency to MEL/SYD because of this.