Mihin Air flies to Dubai

NEW DESTINATION: Sri Lanka’s budget airline Mihin Air has commenced scheduled commercial flights to Dubai. The airline would operate four flights per week every Tuesday, Thursday Friday and Sunday, leaving Dubai on the same day. The airline is offering the lowest fare to Dubai and it is expected to attract more passengers.

The airline funded by the Government would also be flying to Trichy and Trivandram from early next month offering the lowest fare. Mihin Lanka would be obtaining the service of another aircraft for these operations increasing its fleet to two. Bulgarian pilots are flying the flights and the crew too consists mostly of Bulgarians. “ We would be introducing more Sri Lankans to the crew soon,” he said.

“We are also looking at more destinations, an official of the airline whose passenger sales division is located at the BMICH said.

The introduction of Sri Lanka’s budget airline Mihin Air and its desire to fly to Indian destinations in addition to operating to the Gulf would help to further boost Indian arrivals to the Sri Lanka President of the Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nawaz Rajabdeen said.

Rajabdeen who was in Kerala last week to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kerala Chamber to promote business opportunities said that air lines in Sri Lanka have to play a more prominent and vibrant role in this area. The budget airlines such as Mihin Air are ideal for this kind of promotion,” he said.

Rajabdeen said that Sri Lanka has completely under the tourism potential between Sri Lanka and Kerala province. “The MoU signed between the two chamber would felicitate travel,” he said.

He said that each time President Mahinda Rajapaksa flies on this airline it gives confidence to the airline and Mihin air could play a vital role in the development of regional tourism.