December 22, 2005

SriLankan Airlines wants regional hub, War a worry



Sri Lankan Tourism Industry was badly hit by War in North & East. Colombo International Airport was attacked by the LTTE and half of the SriLankan Airlines, flag carrier of Sri Lanka, fleet was destroyed. And not long after 9/11 attacks made everyone stop flying. Thus many Opportunities in the tourism sector was lost. Ceasefire Agreement brought hostilities to an end and paved the way for a boom in the hostpitality industry.

Once the CFA was in effect both local and foreign tourist were able to visit the attractive but once God forbidden areas of North & East. The North -South link was rejuvanated and reached unprecedented levels. All this was good news for SriLankan which recorded the best year ever in 2004 with a record breaking Rs 55 billion profit.
Srilankan flies High...
SriLankan Airlines of which's 44 percent stake was bought by Emirates in 1998 had quite a few ups and downs.thoght it recorded its best year in 2004, it is adversly affected by the Tsunami catrosphe and incresingly shaky ceasefire.
But Peter Hill CEO of SriLankan Airlines remains optimistic, while pointing out that Sri Lankan's achievement in emerging as the largest overseas carrier to India and winning many international accalaimend awards, reaffirms the potential of Sri Lanka to develop into an regional hub. If Sri Lanka emerges as a regional hub SriLankan would be in a position to increase its fleet by 14 to 25. Sounding a note of caution Peter Hill stress that a break of war would put everything in jeopardy.

5 Comments:

At 12:05 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sri lanka could be one of the best tourist destinations if its markerted properly and if not for war. its a beautiful and a eco-friendly country where people are very friendly and hospitable.
should identify the real target audiance and position it accordingly. any way a good attempt.
Keep up the good work.

 
At 12:09 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

to achieve whats on the card we need Peace and stability of the government. Peace process should commence immedieately.
Should develop the infrastructure in the North and East with the aid pledged.
Should built another international airport as planned and should fly to more destinations. should improve on service.

 
At 12:11 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

There is major potential in th North and east as Lalin mentioned in his article. such a beautiful island and a peaceful environment if not for the civil war which has caused many innocent lives and destroyed many valuable assets and human iives.

 
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