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.

 

[aaa99]

And reward seats seem to be loaded on Qantas already!

29,900 points each way in economy and 73,800 in business.

Would be interesting to be on the inaugural especially if it is the new product!

 

[moa999]

Given the refurbs start in Jan, JQ should have quite a few of the refurbs by Aug, and I suspect they will be mostly used on the longer routes (like SYD-ICN and this one) where JQ gets more benefits from the dedicated crew rests rather than blocking off seats

 

[am0985]

Business is 2.6k r/t as a starter fare or 3k each way with status credits and points.

This compares to 5.1k direct with UL, though theirs is a business lie flat product rather than PE.

Competitive pricing though UL's product would definitely be better on the journey back to MEL.