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What we compareAB AirlinesSriLankan Airlines
Country in archiveUnited KingdomSri Lanka
Founded19931979
Founder—Government of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersLondon Stansted Airport, United Kingdom, United KingdomKatunayake, Western Province, LK
Name originThe sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the AB Airlines name.Air Lanka took its name from Lanka, a traditional name for the island of Sri Lanka. The 1998 rebranding changed the name to SriLankan Airlines, which simply names the country's nationality adjective.
Highlights—Bandaranaike International Airport hub, Oneworld membership
Earliest archived brand logo19931979
Latest archived logo19931998
Archived logo assets12

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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