Paramount Airways a boon to Lankans travelling to India

Paramount Airways, the only airline in India to offer business class service at the price of economy class, offering direct services to commercial hubs within India introduced its services for the benefit of Sri Lankans who travel to India frequently.

At present Paramount flies from Chennai to Bangalore, Cochin, Coimbatore, Hyderabad and Madurai.

The General Sales Agent for Paramount Airways in Sri Lanka is Sky High (Pvt) Ltd, Colombo 15.

Among the services offered by Paramount are e check in, Valet service, 20 menus to choose from, special lounge access for all passengers, every seat a window or an aisle and more leg space, a spokesman for Paramount Airways said.

He said that there is a cabin crew of four for 70 passengers and this is supposed to be the highest ratio according to industry standards.

Outlining future plans, he said that they hope to have 15-20 aircraft by the end of next year and introduce the first class to their aircraft, a dedicated 24-hour call centre, inflight magazines, frequent flyer program, inflight entertainment, global distribution system, dedicated cargo department, and ultra modern coaches.

It is the first airline in India to introduce the new generation Embraer 170/190 family series of aircraft from Brazil.

These jets provide extra cabin space, generous under flow cargo capacity, state of the art avionics fly by the wire technology and extraordinary performance all combined into a common platform.

Paramount was launched an year ago by M. Theagarajan, the youngest MD in the airline industry the world over.