SriLankan Airlines scores a century in India

SriLankan Airlines has become the first foreign airline this week to operate one hundred flights per week to India, and is celebrating this milestone by offering 1,100 return tickets between Colombo and its 11 Indian destinations at an incredible 100 rupees each.

This offer is exclusively for travellers in India and Sri Lanka who book through the airline’s website www.srilankan.aero.

Peter Hill, CEO of SriLankan, said: “SriLankan Airlines is extremely proud to be the first foreign carrier in history to fly one hundred times a week to India. We recognised very early the important role that India plays in this part of the world, and we have been steadily increasing the number of flights, and the cities that we serve.”

Manoj Gunawardena, Head of Worldwide Passenger Sales, said: “We offer Indian travellers rapid connections via Colombo to our 54 destinations in 28 countries throughout the world. Cities such as Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and London, are very popular with our Indian passengers.”

SriLankan carried 1.1 million passengers to and from India in the 2006/07 financial year, which accounted for 35% of the airline’s global traffic.