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Article: SRI LANKA: SRI LANKAN AIRLINES HAS COME UP WITH AERIAL SOLUTION.(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- August 10, 2004
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Offering mountain greenery, tropical beaches, ancient monuments and wildlife reserves, Sri Lanka has a wealth of attractions in a relatively small area - but tourists have often been deterred from exploration due to the long car journeys needed to transit between the sites. For 2004, the national carrier Sri Lankan Airlines has come up with an aerial solution, launching a domestic air taxi service that provides convenient links from the capital Colombo for visitors to destinations such as Kandy, Bentota on the west coast and Trincomalee in the east. Traveling times have been reduced to between 30 and 40 minutes, compared to three and four hours previously, and the service ...