By Chris Kamalendran   Negotiations are to begin between the Ports and Shipping Ministry and Indian authorities to resume ferry services between the Northern Province and Tamil Nadu, a senior official said. Under this proposal, facilities will be available to transport around 500 passengers at a time. The move comes amidst plans to resume direct flights [...]

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By air and sea: Talks on to resume ferry services and flights between North and Tamil Nadu

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By Chris Kamalendran  

Negotiations are to begin between the Ports and Shipping Ministry and Indian authorities to resume ferry services between the Northern Province and Tamil Nadu, a senior official said.

Under this proposal, facilities will be available to transport around 500 passengers at a time.

The move comes amidst plans to resume direct flights between Chennai and Jaffna from December 11 onwards.

Priyantha Fernando, Chairman of the Tourism Development Board said that they have requested five flights a week from Chennai.

He said Tourism authorities will also be involved in facilitating transportation of visiting tourists to other sites in Sri Lanka; including Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and the southern parts of the country.

He added they also hope to help families wishing to visit Sri Lanka and have their wedding ceremonies at beach-front locations. He said that usually a large number of visitors take part in such wedding ceremonies.

Another area of attraction would be those visiting the country for the casinos.

Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited, Chairman, Major Gen (Retd) G A Chandrasiri said that so far Alliance Air has agreed to fly three times a week to Jaffna.

He said discussions were due to be held on Friday to decide on the air fares. Discussions were also underway to start domestic flights so that passengers could fly between Jaffna and other cities.

Immigration and Customs counters have already been established at the Jaffna International Airport in Palaly.

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