India’s low-cost carrier, IndiGo, will launch direct flights to Colombo from Chennai and Bengaluru from January 20, in its endeavour to expand and strengthen its growing network.
Colombo will become IndiGo’s 8th international and 49th overall destination effective January 20, 2018 and the airline hopes to increase its frequency to daily very soon. Chief Commercial Officer, IndiGo Sanjay Kumar, said that Sri Lanka today is the preferred destination for Indian outbound market and this was one of the main reasons for them to consider Colombo.
“Colombo also provides affordable travel options to the Indian workforce who can now look forward to visiting the city more frequently. We are hopeful that these new flights will provide affordable and unmatchable travel experience to our passengers across the country and beyond.”
He said that they may look at Mattala airport when they decide to fly daily. Hamas Travels would be the GSA partner in Sri Lanka for sales and distribution services.
Colombo would further consolidate IndiGo’s position as the fastest growing airline in India with over 150 Airbus A320 and three ATR aircraft strong fleet, operating over 1,000 daily flights, connecting 49 destinations as at January 20, 2018.
With these new flights IndiGo will also offer convenient connections to & from Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and other major Indian cities. IndiGo is India’s largest airline with a market share of 39% as of November 2017.
Managing Director of Hemas Leisure Travel Aviation Group Malinga Arsakularatne, (GSA for IndoGo) added, “We are confident that the team at Hemas Aviation would deliver the growth ambitions of the airline.”
“We look forward to a long-lasting and a win-win relationship with IndiGo.” (SS)
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