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| Sunday, 8 February 2004 |
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SriLankan flies to Hyderabad Hyderabad will be SriLankan Airlines' ninth destination in India when services begin on February 22, 2004. SriLankan is launching services to Hyderabad in a bid to promote Sri Lanka and India as twin destination holiday centres around its route network. The airline will offer flights between Colombo and Hyderabad every Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Head of Commercial G. T. Jeyaseelan said: "In the post 9/11 scenario, SriLankan is one airline that has been performing well. In the last two years our average seat factor has been 75%. We thus plan to aggressively market our homebase Sri Lanka and neighbouring India as twin holiday destinations. Each offers tremendous value for money and has its own unique attractions: while India offers the richness of a whole sub-continent. SriLanka offers the rarity of a small island rich in variety. The two complement each other beautifully". Jeyaseelan says that the airline will promote Sri Lanka in Andhra Pradesh. Apart from promoting India as a tourist destination, SriLankan will also promote Hyderabad in particular around its route network. India and Sri Lanka in 2003 liberalised air services between their two countries after a meeting of their Prime Ministers in New Delhi. Under this agreement there will be increased air access between the two countries. Hyderabad, the capital of the southern India state of Andhra Pradesh is another magical Indian city, offering an eclectic mix of hi-tech and the ancient. Hyderabad is now India's pivotal centre. Cyberabad, 15 kilometres off Hyderabad is India's 'most wired city' and home to such firms as Microsoft and oracle. |
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