SriLankan Airlines becomes part of oneworld from midnight on May.1, 2014, offering the full range of services and benefits of the world's fastest growing and highest rated global airline alliance.

It becomes the first carrier from the Indian subcontinent to join any of the global airline alliances - and completes oneworld's biggest expansion programme since the alliance was launched 15 years ago.

These landmarks are being celebrated at a ceremony attended by the key ministers from Sri Lanka's government at South Asia's newest international airport, Hambantota's Mattala Rajapaksa International.