Mihin Lanka to fly Chennai, Calicut

TIRUCHIRAPALLI: Sri Lankan budget airline Mihin Lanka Private Limited plans to operate services from Chennai and Kozhikode.

According to sources from Matheson Keells Air Services Private Limited, the General Sales Agent of Mihin Lanka, Singapore will also be included in the network.

Mihin Lanka already operates services to five destinations, such as Tiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Bangkok, Dubai and Male.

The airline now operates with one A320 Airbus and one A321 Airbus aircraft. Plans are afoot to include one Airbus 310 aircraft to its fleet in the near future.

Services to Chennai and Calicut (Kozhikode) would be commissioned in the second phase of expansion of the airline, slated to crystallise in three months, the sources added.

The airline had already commenced Colombo-Tiruchirapalli-Colombo daily services since July 1.