Recruitment teams recently visited provinces in the south and central areas as well as the outreaches of the Western Province where the capital is located, an airline statement said.
SriLankan intends to carry out similar recruitment programmes in other districts.
"Thousands of young women flocked to the recruitment centres in towns such as Tissamaharama and Tangalle, hoping for a chance for an international career and lifestyle that few in Sri Lanka ever have the opportunity to achieve."
Some of the new recruits were put through a special personality development programme to groom them for work as airline stewardesses.
"Having gone through this specially designed programme, we expect them to be as good as anyone else from anywhere in this country, or even better, SriLankan’s Head of Service Delivery G T Jeyaseelan said.
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