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What we compareACES ColombiaSriLankan Airlines
Country in archiveColombiaSri Lanka
Founded19711979
Founder—Government of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersMedellín, Colombia, ColombiaKatunayake, Western Province, LK
Name originThe airline's name came from the Spanish acronym ACES, which stands for Aerolíneas Centrales de Colombia.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.
HighlightsJosé María Córdova International AirportBandaranaike International Airport hub, Oneworld membership
Earliest archived brand logo19711979
Latest archived logo19711998
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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