(Top) Inner view of the Cinnamon Air Hanger (Below)Chief Guest, G. A. Chandrasiri, Chairman, Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited, opens the newly built hangar with Krishan Balendra, Chairman of John Keells Holdings PLC, Bernard Goonatilleke; MMBL Leisure Holdings and Harsha Abeywickrama former Air Force commander
Cinnamon Air, Sri Lanka’s only domestic airline to offer a scheduled flight service covering a wide range of popular tourist destinations, opened its new aircraft maintenance hangar at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) located alongside Cinnamon Air’s exclusive domestic passenger terminal at BIA. Cinnamon Air is the only domestic airline to have a dedicated terminal and an aircraft maintenance hangar within the premises of BIA.
Chief Guest, G. A. Chandrasiri, Chairman, Airport & Aviation Services
(Sri Lanka) Limited, who declared open the newly built hangar, said that he was proud to be associated with the venture and provided an account of new airlines that have decided to provide services to Sri Lanka.
Cinnamon Air owned and operated by Saffron Aviation (Pvt) Limited, is a joint venture between Sri Lanka’s largest listed conglomerate, John Keells Holdings PLC, MMBL Leisure Holdings (a Member of the MMBL-Pathfinder Group) and Phoenix Ventures (parent of the Brandix Group). In addition to scheduled flights, Cinnamon Air also offers charter services to and between all Airports and Water Aerodromes in Sri Lanka. Since the inception of Cinnamon Air’s domestic airline operations in 2013, it has operated a dedicated aircraft maintenance hangar – located within the precincts of Sri Lanka Air Force base in Katunayake – with a team of experienced professionals for servicing its fleet of Cessna 208 series aircraft.
Sean Dwight, Chief Executive Officer of Cinnamon Air, stated, “By moving to this new facility located virtually adjacent to our terminal, we have substantially shortened aircraft taxiing times, thereby avoiding the costly and time-consuming requirement of crossing the runway, which international flights use while enjoying many other operational benefits.”
Through infrastructure upgrades such as the relocation of engineering and maintenance facilities, we are gearing ourselves to offer a more streamlined service, which will be tremendously valuable when the demand for domestic air travel in Sri Lanka increases. Furthermore, with both facilities being located within the country’s premier international airport, the value of our brand is boosted”.
by Daily News Sri Lanka
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