Cinnamon Air to launch scheduled flights
Cinnamon Air, Sri Lanka’s newest domestic airline will launch
scheduled domestic flights originating at Katunayake from the end of
June.
Cinnamon Air, operating Cessna 208 Amphibious aircraft, will offer
daily flights from the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) to
Koggala, Dickwella and back.
Flights will initially originate from the Dandugama Oya water
aerodrome, located approximately 10 minutes by road from the
international airport, but within a few weeks of commencement of
operations, will originate from Cinnamon Air’s dedicated domestic
passenger terminal, currently under construction within the precincts of
the BIA. The daily flights to Koggala and Dickwella will serve key south
coast tourist destinations such as Galle, Koggala, Weligama, Mirissa,
Dickwella and Tangalle.
In July this year Cinnamon Air will launch daily scheduled flights
from BIA to Kandy (Polgolla) via the city of Colombo, consequent to the
completion of passenger handling facilities at the Water’s Edge water
aerodrome in Sri Jayewardenepura.
This routing will provide customers arriving at BIA off international
flights as well customers in the city, an option to travel to or from
Kandy in slightly under half an hour!
Scheduled services from BIA to Sigiriya, Batticaloa and Trincomalee
will be rolled out in the succeeding weeks as Cinnamon Air augments its
fleet with a wheeled Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft.
Departure and arrival times of Cinnamon Air’s flights from and to the
BIA will be synchronized as closely as possible with the arrival and
departure times of SriLankan Airlines and most major international
carriers serving Colombo.
Cinnamon Air is owned and operated by Saffron Aviation (Pvt.) Ltd. a
BOI approved joint venture between John Keells Holdings, MMBL Leisure
Holdings and Phoenix Ventures.
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