MIHIN AIR – THE SCENE BEHIND THE BUDGET AIRLINE IN SRI LANKA

Mihin Air the budget airline which was commenced commercial flights recently in Sri Lanka. Launching Budget airlines is good in a country for the less fortunate people who were unable to travel in the national carrier could now fly at a affordable rate. There are so many budget airlines around the world. Some of them are South East Airlines, Easy Jet.

There was a big ha ho in the media and every where when it was launched. True it was nt done the proper way as should have been. This is because the president him self was involved I it. The Name MIHIN comes from the term Mahinda. As to “Mahinda Chinthnaya”. The funding for this project was taken from the public funds using the EPF & ETF funds which were not transparent and without the approval of the cabinet. First it did not get license to fly, then the president immediately removed the chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) by installing a person known to him, then the license was given and it commenced the fights. Are this Transparency which the government is talking and the democratic ways of governing the country like no other as the theme in the Sri Lanka Tourist Board.

After it was launched the President seems to be flying in this line as if its his private property. Even to fly to Barbados to see the World Cup final which had been a humiliating welcome to him. I would like to ask where is his so called Policies? Now the popularity of the president has declined to greater shame after it could not protect the air space after the air raid which was carried out by the tiger planes on four instances. Now the government is trying to purchase new air power to attack the LTTE light air crafts spending billions of rupees at public cost. This will intern take the Cost of living and the inflation rates to much higher levels. Who will suffer? The poor public will suffer who elected him to b the president of this nation of Sri Lanka, after cheating to come into power by hook and crook.

Who is paying the fuel bill and thew monthly installment of US $ 110 ???? the people of Sri Lanka is paying, the president's private airline.