SriLankan Airlines reduces Chennai flights by half

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SriLankan Airlines, one of the largest foreign carriers operating in India, has reduced its flights to Chennai by half. This is after the news about some incidents of violence against Lankan nationals in Tamil Nadu, according to a report from Colombo.

According to news reports from there, the airline has decided to reduce the frequency of weekly flights to Chennai from 28 to 14 from Thursday. Earlier, the Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry issued a cautionary travel advice for nationals going to Tamil Nadu.

There have been reports of Buddhist monks from Lanka being manhandled by unknown groups in Chennai, as part of the rising protest after the circulation of photographs of slain separatist leader V Prabhakaran's 12-year old son, supposed to have been taken hours before and just after the latter's death.

Ashok K Kantha, high commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, had in his message on the occasion of India's 64th Republic Day this year, said: "Sri Lankan Airlines is one of the largest foreign airlines operating in India and over 250,000 Sri Lankans visited India last year."

SriLankan Airlines reduces Chennai flights by half | Business Standard

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[Shabz Nist]

Hopefully, they can cut down more flights across India. Regional carriers will have an opportunity to consolidate their markets with SL air cutting operations.

Besides, SL airline management has gone to the dogs. They are cutting out the good managers in top management and replacing them with Rajapakshe's relatives and family.

Not to mention, bad service and overpriced tickets. International carriers like emirates offer cheaper but better service for much less.

It would be very entertaining to see how SL air survives without the Indian market though.

 

[Skyline]

Hopefully, they can cut down more flights across India. Regional carriers will have an opportunity to consolidate their markets with SL air cutting operations.

Besides, SL airline management has gone to the dogs. They are cutting out the good managers in top management and replacing them with Rajapakshe's relatives and family.

Not to mention, bad service and overpriced tickets. International carriers like emirates offer cheaper but better service for much less.

If you can't offered SriLankan airlines, there are plenty of other carriers.

 

[Shabz Nist]

If you can't offered SriLankan airlines, there are plenty of other carriers.

Its not a case of affordability at all. Its a case of mismanagement and lack of value for money.

This is a good thing for Indian carriers by the way.

 

[Skyline]

Its not a case of affordability at all. Its a case of mismanagement and lack of value for money.

This is a good thing for Indian carriers by the way.

No one forcing you to travel via SriLankan.

BTW SriLankan airlines "mismanagement" team has got a lot of Awards worldwide coz of their "mismanagement" capabilities.

Airline of the Year 2008 and 2009 – Sri Lanka Presidential Travel & Tourism Awards
Airline of the Year 2010 (third year)
Best Airline in South Asia (three consecutive times) from Travel Trade Gazette
Best Airline in Central Asia (four consecutive times) – Skytrax
Best Overall In-flight Entertainment (small fleet), twice – World Airline Entertainment Association
Best Airline Turnaround of the Year 2004 – Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
Best Print Media Presentation in Travel & Tourism
Best in Region APEX Award
Destination Loyal Partner / Tour Operator Award for SriLankan Holidays
First Runner-up for World’s Best Cabin Staff – Skytrax
Foreign Carrier of the Year (South Asia sector) – Kuala Lumpur International Airport Awards
Galileo Indian Express Award for Best Eastbound International Airline
Hall of Fame award for winning Airline of the year for three consecutive years
Imperial Mark in recognition of exceptional levels of service, luxury and quality
KLIA Award
PATA Gold Award 2007 for Best Airline Marketing Campaign
Runner-up for Best Asian Airline in survey by UK's Daily Telegraph
HRM Silver award in the Government-Owned Business 2012
World’s Best Airline in a survey of Economy Class passengers
World’s Friendliest Cabin Staff – Skytrax
World’s Most Reliable Operator of Airbus A330s (small fleet) – Airbus Industrie
World’s Most Reliable Operator of Airbus A340s (small fleet) – Airbus Industrie
World class standard for SriLankan Airlines' IT systems