Srilankan Airlines increases Trichy frequency

SriLankan, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, will increase the number of weekly flights being operated to Tiruchi from October this year, a senior airline official said here on Monday. “From October, the airline will operate two more flights a week between Colombo and Tiruchi. The launch of the service will see the airline operate 46 weekly flights to six Indian cities,” Mr Lalith De Silva, Manager Sales, Sri Lankan airlines, said at a press conference. The i sland nation also hopes to receive more Indian tourists. “There could be a marginal increase in the number of Indians visiting Sri Lanka. We expect to get about 88,000 Indians, up from 85,000 last year,” said Mr Dileep Mudadeniya, Managing Director, Sri Lanka Tourism.