Etihad Airways captain Rajiv Veerasuntharam will have a homecoming of sorts when he lands an Airbus A330 aircraft at Colombo airport Saturday morning. It was the first time the Abu Dhabi based airline was using the wide-body aircraft on this route to increase capacity.
Veerasuntharam’s father in Toronto says he is proud of his son, an engineer who became a pilot in 1992. In 2007, he flew a custom built ultra modern Etihad A340-500 on its first trip to Toronto, the landing path included a flyover his childhood home in Rexdale, Ontario. Rajiv’s brother Vasant who is the CEO of Suvara Travels Canada Inc. in Toronto was also tracking details of the flight.
Upon arrival in Colombo tomorrow the crew of flight EY266 will be treated to a reception. The flight will take-off today at 9:25 pm in Abhu Dhabi’s Terminal 1 and land in Colombo 3:25 am local time.
