SriLankan Airlines on Wed-nesday announced expansion of operations in India with the launch of twice a day flights to Mumbai from February. With the addition of seven new flights to Mumbai, SriLankan will now have 94 flights a week from India.
"We want to hit a century of weekly flights to India soon, and we will achieve this with much ease as there are no Dhonis in the aviation sector," said Senaka Fernando, regional manager, Indian subcontinent and Maldives.
SriLankan, known as Air Lanka up to 1999, is currently managed by Emirates Airline which has a 10-year contract up to 2008 and a stake of 43.63 per cent.
The launch of additional flights to Mumbai is part of SriLankan’s strategic plan to strengthen its market presence in India which remains the foremost tourism generating market for Sri Lanka. The additional flights will also support the airline’s campaign to promote tourism to India from its worldwide network through the Colombo hub.
Amith Sumanapala, GM, SriLankan Holidays, ann-ounced "exciting leisure and MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions) packages" from Mumbai to Sri Lanka. Leisure packages start from Rs 9,999 and MICE packages cost Rs 10,999.
Courtesy : Asian Age.com
"We want to hit a century of weekly flights to India soon, and we will achieve this with much ease as there are no Dhonis in the aviation sector," said Senaka Fernando, regional manager, Indian subcontinent and Maldives.
SriLankan, known as Air Lanka up to 1999, is currently managed by Emirates Airline which has a 10-year contract up to 2008 and a stake of 43.63 per cent.
The launch of additional flights to Mumbai is part of SriLankan’s strategic plan to strengthen its market presence in India which remains the foremost tourism generating market for Sri Lanka. The additional flights will also support the airline’s campaign to promote tourism to India from its worldwide network through the Colombo hub.
Amith Sumanapala, GM, SriLankan Holidays, ann-ounced "exciting leisure and MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions) packages" from Mumbai to Sri Lanka. Leisure packages start from Rs 9,999 and MICE packages cost Rs 10,999.
Courtesy : Asian Age.com