Originally Posted by
fly747first
At the expense of sounding like a real estate agent (which I'm not, haha), it often comes down to location, location, location. You can get really cheap first class fares out of Colombo to Asia with Emirates, including routes operated by the A380 (e.g. ICN & PEK).
I second that, I just found a fare in first from CMB - PEK for about $2656 return ^^