Three charter flights carrying close to 540 passengers from Poland landed at Bandaranaike International Airport within about two hours on Friday morning — one of the largest single-day arrivals of Polish visitors to the island in recent months.
The flights were operated by the Polish carrier Enter Air, each aircraft carrying close to 180 passengers including crew, NewsFirst reported.
All three originated from different Polish cities:
| Flight | From | Arrival |
|---|---|---|
| ENT 7607 | Katowice | 7.40 a.m. |
| ENT 1913 | Poznan | 8.25 a.m. |
| ENT 1561 | Warsaw | 9.40 a.m. |
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau held a welcome ceremony at the airport, where arrivals were greeted with traditional cultural performances.
A season-long programme, not a one-off
The arrivals are part of a wider charter programme scheduled to run until April 2027, under which 42 charter flights are expected to operate between Poland and Sri Lanka. The intent is a steady flow of European visitors across the peak season rather than a single surge.
Industry figures quoted in the report view the expansion of direct charter services from Poland as an opportunity to lift European arrivals while Sri Lanka works to establish itself as a long-haul destination.
Context, and a caution about it
Enter Air has flown winter charters to Sri Lanka in previous seasons, and those launches were reported at the time. Those filings describe earlier years and are not evidence about the current programme, so they are not cited here — see the sourcing note below.
Not reported
The filing does not give the occupancy rate of the three aircraft, the tour operators behind the charters, or how many of the 42 flights have operated so far this season. It does not say whether the Poznan route is new, gives no year-on-year arrival figures for the Polish market, and quotes no named official from the Tourism Promotion Bureau or the airline.
A note on sourcing: no other verified newsroom had filed on Friday’s arrivals at the time of writing. Searches for corroboration returned Enter Air charter-launch stories from earlier seasons — including a Daily FT report of an inaugural pair of flights carrying 378 passengers, which is dated 1 November 2025 and describes last season’s launch. Poland–Sri Lanka charter launches are a recurring annual story, and the outlet, the airline and the airport do not distinguish one season from another. This article rests on the single filing that reports Friday’s event.
