From left: CEO Swire Properties, Guy Bradley, Chairman Swire Group and former Chairman Cathay Pacific Airlines, James Hughes-Hallett, Chairman Finlay Tea Estates, Naresh Ratwatte and CEO Finlay Tea Estates, Dhayan Madawala before they boarded the air taxi.

SriLankan Air Taxi commences flights to N'Eliya

SriLankan Airlines' air taxi service launched its operations to Nuwara Eliya last week with a team of distinguished passengers on board, its first charter flight to the destination.

The flight which takes just 30 minutes to reach Nuwara Eliya from Colombo and flies over some of the most breathtakingly beautiful landscapes of the hill country carried a team from Hong kong Swire Group, and partners Colombo's James Finlay Group. The team from Hong Kong joined their colleagues in Colombo to visit James Finlay estates in Nuwara Eliya.

SriLankan Air Taxi also operates air services to Kandy, Bentota, Ampara, Koggala, Hambantota and Tangalle.