Once bankrupted state owned Sri Lankan budget airline, Mihin Lanka recommenced its commercial flights this evening.

The airline resumed operations flying from Bandaranaike International Airport this evening to its destination, Dubai with a Boeing 737-800 single class 186 seater aircraft.

This new aircraft had arrived in Katunayake on Saturday night from France with the Mihin logo, Civil Aviation Ministry said.

According to the Ministry the new aircraft was used in France for less than six months.

Mihin Lanka is to operate flights to Trichi and Trivandrum in India from the second week of January and to the sacred city of Buddha Gaya from February 15.

The low cost government funded enterprise went bankrupt last year due to the mismanagement at the helms. The airline launched in April 2007 has reportedly incurred a loss of about $30 million.

01/01/09 ColomboPage, Sri Lanka

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SriLankan Airlines’ flight schedule is undergoing several temporary changes and so the Airline is temporarily suspending services to four of its less popular destinations - Calicut, Kochi, Coimbatore and Hyderabad from January15, 2009 until the end of the winter season. According to a TravelDaily News report, the Airline is introducing new aircraft and retiring four older ones in its narrow-body fleet.

Two new Airbus A320 aircraft have already been acquired, the first of which arrived on November 30 this year and the second is due to arrive within this month. Two more are being actively sourced, until then services to Calicut, Kochi, Coimbatore and Hyderabad have been stalled temporarily.

SriLankan Airlines will continue to serve all of the other destinations in its route network. In India, the airline continues to serve major destinations including its political capital New Delhi, commercial capital Mumbai and IT capital Bangalore. It will also maintain a major presence in Tamil Nadu, the state with closest links to Sri Lanka, through its 15 flights a week to Chennai, and daily flights to Trichy. All Southeast Asian and Far East destinations will remain unchanged.

19/12/08 TravelBizMonitor

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SriLankan Airlines has started Online Check-In facility for passengers traveling on the airline from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi. The city is the first overseas station where the facility has been introduced. SriLankan Airlines introduced the Online Check-In at Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport in December last year. The facility will be introduced worldwide at the airline’s other points of departure for flights into Colombo and other destinations.

Online Check-In opens 24 hours before a flight and continues up to two hours before a flight. One can even check-in groups of passengers, if the required information and reference numbers are available. A passenger simply needs to visit SriLankan’s website www.srilankan.aero and click on “Online check-in.” The next step is to merely key in four simple entries - name, airport, flight number and booking reference number. The system will automatically assign a seat, which the passenger can change through a user-friendly chart that shows the aircraft’s seating plan, identifying reserved seats in a different colour. The Boarding Pass is then displayed on screen, with all necessary details. Passengers can take a printout of their Boarding Pass, although it is not required since they can produce the e-ticket at the airport and receive a printout of the Boarding Pass from SriLankan staff. Passengers proceed directly to the Online Check-In counter, where bags are weighed etc. Currently, passengers who require special care such as infants and wheelchair passengers will continue to be handled by SriLankan staff, and not through the online system.

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