Mihin Lanka
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| Founded | 27 October 2006 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 24 April 2007 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 29 October 2016 | ||||||
| Hubs | Bandaranaike International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 14 | ||||||
| Parent company | SriLankan Airlines | ||||||
| Headquarters | Colombo 02, Sri Lanka | ||||||
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| Website | www |
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Mihin Lanka was a low-fare leisure airline based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was owned by the Sri Lankan government. The airline operated scheduled flights from its hub at Bandaranaike International Airport to a number of cities in the Indian subcontinent, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Africa. It code-shared with its partner SriLankan Airlines on several routes, as part of a consolidation exercise between the two airlines.
The airline was plagued by financial losses, debt, waste, and corruption since its inception in 2007. In order to reduce losses and increase productivity, the government approved the merger of Mihin Lanka with SriLankan Airlines by the end of 2016.
Mihin Lanka ceased operations in October 2016 when SriLankan Airlines resumed its schedule on routes formerly operated by Mihin Lanka and took over the additional destinations.
Mihin Lanka was incorporated on 27 October 2006. Its three directors were Sajin Vass Gunawardena (CEO), Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Chairman, brother of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa) and Roshan Goonatilake (Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force). The airline is believed to have been named after Mahinda Rajapaksa, the former President of Sri Lanka. It was launched without the approval of the Cabinet or the Civil Aviation Authority and its three aircraft were leased without a tender process.
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