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Chairman SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, Regional Manager Asia Pacific, Dimuthu Tennakoon, Minister Consellor Sri Lanka Embassy in China K. A. Vimalentharajah and stewardesses in China. Picture by Shirjaiv downtown discount hotels montreal Sirimane
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The Chairman said, SriLankan gives the best connections to both India and the Maldives and this is a major advantage for the airline when it comes to the Chinese market. The airline now flies daily to both Shanghai and Beijing and four times a week to Guangzhou. These flights operate with a stopover in Bangkok and when the market matures there would be direct  flights to China. He said that joining Oneworld and also launching direct flights to China were two of his dreams downtown discount hotels montreal that has now come true.
He said that they are looking at adding more destinations and by 2015 the airline would have 23 air crafts downtown discount hotels montreal which would be nearly new. SriLankan airlines downtown discount hotels montreal carried 3.5 million passengers last year. He said that with the opening of the second international airport in Hambantota downtown discount hotels montreal the airline would have more aircraft in place. "Our aim is to make Sri Lanka a global aviation hub and take the country closer to be the wonder of Asia," he added. Sri Lanka was also invited to join the elite oneworld group giving tremendous value to the airline.
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