UncategorizedBudget carrier Mihin Lanka will be scrapped next month while the deadline for the Expression of Interest (EOI) seeking a new management partner for SriLankan Airlines has been extended till September 23, its chairman Ajith Dias said on Wednesday. The date for the submission of the proposals has been further extended from end-August to accommodate more EOIs, Mr. Dias said. A second aircraft would be returned to the lessor in January leaving only two aircraft to be carried over by SriLankan Airlines. Plans are being worked out to ensure that the pilgrim traffic sectors like Varnasi (India) would be priced differently with a slight increase in its existing Mihin Lanka rates, Mr. Dias said. But other sectors would continue but rates would be slightly less than SriLankan Airline’s flights, the chairman said.

Source: Sunday Times September 07, 2016 08:37 UTC