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SriLankan Airlines Asia Pacific Golf Champions tour a success

The first ever seniors PGA tournament to be held in Sri Lanka concluded successfully recently with over 55 senior pro-golfers playing in the stunning Victoria Golf Club course in Kandy.

SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena

Mike Harwood, the winner of the tournament said, "I find it very refreshing to come to a country with such a different culture, food and friendly people in my closing years as a golfer, and I certainly will visit again to play", he said.

As the flag carrier, SriLankan Airlines has been actively promoting sports tourism to attract holidaymakers to the country, with events such as golf, International Rugby Sevens and Pro-Surfing which play a key role in promoting Sri Lanka as a destination beyond beaches, heritage sites and wildlife.

SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena said, "We are delighted to add the Senior PGA Asia Pacific Champions tour, to our growing list of sports tourism related products to promote our country as an exotic destination," Chandrasena said. Golfers from the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Africa, the Philippines, Switzerland, Malaysia, the UK signed up for the event which was played from February 15 to 18.

Winners walked away with some great prizes, including a five-night golf holiday in Bangkok.


Over4.85 m passengers pass through Dubai Int'l Airport in January

Dubai International began 2012 on a strong note with record monthly passenger traffic of over 4.85 million in January, according to the latest traffic report issued by Dubai Airports.

Passenger traffic in January reached 4,852,139 passengers, surpassing the previous record of 4,724,109 of July 2011, and a 14 per cent increase compared to 4,254,735 recorded in January 2011. The 14 per cent upsurge is the largest month-on-month increase in 14 months. This performance brings Dubai International?s rolling 12-month passenger numbers to 51.57 million and builds on the historic 50.98 million passengers recorded in 2011.

The AGCC continued to top the list of regions with the largest increase in total passenger numbers in January (+203,219 passengers), followed by Western Europe (+100,902), the Indian subcontinent (+92,855 passengers), and Russia and the CIS (+77,454 passengers). Middle Eastern routes continued the downward trend in the New Year (-4,747 passengers) owing to on-going unrest in the region, while traffic on African routes surged after months of weak performance (+34,909 passengers).

Spurred by the launch of Emirates Airlines new routes to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, South America was the strongest market in terms of percentage passenger growth in January (+71.4 per cent), followed by Russia and CIS (+57.3 per cent) driven by the expansion of Dubai's low cost carrier flydubai in the region, and the AGCC (+36.9 per cent) as a result of growth in Saudi Arabian traffic. Eastern Europe (20.6 per cent) and Australasia (16.7) also achieved high growth rates.

Total aircraft movements for Dubai International rose 8.4 per cent to 29,680 compared to 27,385 last January.

Cargo volumes contracted 2.6 per cent to 173,531 tonnes compared to 178,199 tonnes in January last year reflecting on-going weaker global airfreight demand and fragile consumer confidence.

?It is fitting that we started a record-breaking year with record monthly passenger numbers. Our projections indicate 2012 traffic totals will reach 56.5 million, obliterating last year?s record of 51 million,? said Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports.

?The fantastic start to the year is partially due to the traffic surge caused by the holiday season, the recently concluded Dubai Shopping Festival and the on-going expansion of the hub network.?

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