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Sri Lanka's national budget airline to resume flights to Maldives

Xinhua, September 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Sri Lanka's national budget airline, Mihin Lanka, will resume direct flights to the Maldives from November, local media reported here on Monday.

The flights will be scheduled for thrice a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

An official of Ace Aviation reported that Mihin Lanka's resumption of flights is to provide low cost travel for Maldivian passengers during the year end school holidays.

This is the third time Mihin Lanka has resumed flights to the Maldives, which is now merged with the country's national carrier Sri Lankan Airlines. They first commenced in June 2007 and recommenced a second time in December 2010.

Ace Aviation officials added that Mihin Lanka also plans direct route flights between Gan International Airport in the Maldives and the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo at the end of this year. Endi