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| Sunday, 3 November 2002 |
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SriLankan flights to Buddha Gaya, Frankfurt SriLankan Airlines will launch flights to Buddha Gaya in India and resume flights to Frankfurt in Germany in the Winter 2002 season. An Airbus A320 will fly to Buddha Gaya every Tuesday afternoon, beginning November 12. This raises SriLankan's destinations in India to seven; the other six being New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Trichy and Trivandrum. New Delhi will also be served six times a week, i.e. everyday except Saturday. On Tuesday, the flight will operate via Buddha Gaya to Delhi. The other flights fly non-stop to Delhi. Mumbai will also have an additional flight on Tuesday. The other flights operate on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Flights to Frankfurt will begin on December 4. The flight on Wednesday (A340) will fly via Zurich, while the flight on Friday (A330) will fly non-stop. Zurich which has four flights a week will have five flights in the Winter schedule. These will operate on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. From December 3, there will be nine flights a week to London. Morning flights from Heathrow will have a common departure time of 1025 hours while the evening flights will have a common departure time of 2125 hours. There will be daily flights to Singapore, eight frequencies a week. "The prospects for peace have turned the economic climate in Sri Lanka for the better," SriLankan CEO Peter Hill, said. "This has made it possible for us to start growing our business again." The air travel winter season begins in the last week of October and ends in the last week of March. With the addition of Bodh Gaya, SriLankan's route network increases to 30 destinations in 20 countries. |
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