Ciinamon Air announced new sheduled flight

Cinnamon Air (www.cinnamonair.com), Sri Lanka's premier domestic airline, is pleased to
announce the launch of seasonal daily scheduled flights between Colombo, Castlereagh
Reservoir and the Southern Coastal city of Koggala from the 15th of December 2015 until the
31st of March 2016.
Cinnamon Air will operate its luxurious and powerful Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian aircraft on
the scheduled flights between Colombo, Castlereagh Reservoir and the Koggala which will
drastically reduce the travelling time between the Tea Country and the Southern Coast. In
addition to stress-free and significantly shorter journeys, passengers traveling with Cinnamon Air
will be treated to stunning aerial views of the island as well as the thrilling experience of taking
off and landing on water.
Flights will originate from Cinnamon Air’s luxurious domestic terminal at the Bandaranaike
International Airport at 10am and will travel to Castlereagh Reservoir, reaching the tranquil hill
station at 10:30am. The flight will then depart for Koggala at 10:45am, touching down on the
Southern Coast at 11:15am.
Flying between Castlereagh Reservoir and Koggala takes a mere 30 minutes compared to
approximately 6 hours by road, and affords clients an effort-less way by which to explore nearby
destinations including the historical city of Galle, a famed UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well
as the peaceful beaches of Thalpe and the growing surfing and whale-watching hub of Mirissa.
Commenting on the introduction of the daily scheduled flights between Castlereagh Reservoir
and the Southern Coast, Mr. Malik Fernando, Managing Director, Resplendent Ceylon stated
that “these new flights would be a boon to the time strapped luxury traveller and will be the
lynchpin of our unique Tea and Sea experience. Ceylon Tea Trails guests would be dropped off
on the lake in front of their bungalow and later whisked to Cape Weligama via Koggala,
overflying tea carpeted mountains and Adams Peak enroute, an amazing experience”
Romesh David, Director, Cinnamon Air, stated that "Cinnamon Air has recognised that high
end visitors patronising the premium luxury properties surrounding the Castlereagh Reservoir
and within a close proximity of Koggala are becoming weary of the arduous journey they must
endure in order to travel between the two locations, and that in order to make the most of their
time in Sri Lanka, a fast and luxurious transport mechanism between the two key tourist
locations was required. The introduction of a daily scheduled service on this route highlights
Cinnamon Air’s commitment to continually expanding its domestic route network and its efforts
to develop Sri Lanka’s growing tourism infrastructure and image as a complete and easily
explore-able holiday destination”.
All Cinnamon Air scheduled flights operate in code share with SriLankan Airlines, consequent to
which they are also be available for sale throughout the SriLankan Airlines network and all
Travel Agents around the world via Global Distribution Systems, under a “UL” designated flight
number.
Cinnamon Air, owned and operated by Saffron Aviation (Pvt) Limited, is a joint venture
between Sri Lanka’s largest listed conglomerate, John Keells Holdings, MMBL Leisure Holdings
(a part of the Mercantile Merchant Bank Group) and Phoenix Ventures (parent of the Brandix
Group, Sri Lanka’s largest garment manufacturer). The Airline operates a fleet of two Cessna 208
amphibian aircraft and one Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft, with scheduled services to key
inland points in Sri Lanka. Cinnamon Air also offers charter services to and between all Airports
and Water Aerodromes in Sri Lanka. The Airline is based out of Katunayake where it operates a
dedicated domestic terminal (within the precincts of the BIA) and also has its own purpose built
hangar and maintenance facilities.