Mihin to fly Manila, Singapore

Shirajiv Sirimane in Arugam Bay

Mihin Lanka would launch direct to Manila from next month. The airline would also recommence flights to Singapore.

SriLankan Airlines Chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe, speaking at the Pro Surf Championships here said that they would be initially looking at a frequency of two flights per week. “We will look at increasing the frequencies according to the demand,” he added.

The airline would be deploying the current air craft for this operation.

He identified Mihin Lanka as the low cost feeder airline to SriLankan. “It is very important as takes our traffic to other destinations such as Bangladesh and Jakarta where SriLankan is not operating,” he said. The budget airline currently flies to Trivendem, Bothgaya, Dubai, Kuwait, Bangladesh and Jakarta. Established in April 2007 Mihin Lanka’s main focus is providing low cost flights from Colombo to a number of cities.

Both airlines share resourses and adopt common synergies and are not competing against each other. “We have one CEO, Kapila Chandrasena for both air lines,” Wickramasinghe said.