Mihin Lanka

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Mihin Lanka
IATA MJ	ICAO MLR	Callsign MIHIN LANKA
Founded		2006
Hubs		Bandaranaike International Airport
Focus cities		Dubai, Bangkok
Fleet size		0
Destinations		8
Parent company		Sri Lankan Government, Lankaputhra Development Bank
Company slogan		Yours to fly.....
Headquarters		Colombo, Sri Lanka
Key people
Website: http://www.mihinlanka.com/

Mihin Lanka (Private) Limited is a low-cost airline based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a fully owned and funded enterprise of the Sri Lankan government. Its main focus is providing low cost flights from Colombo to Dubai and a number of cities in India. Launched in 2007, Mihin Lanka currently uses Bandaranaike International Airport as its hub, but it will most likely move to the Weerawila International Airport, which is currently under construction.^{[citation needed]} Since beginning operations, the airline has developed a reputation for poor service and delays.

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 Suspended
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The airline was established in December 2006 and was created by the Sri Lankan government to operate services to India and the Middle East.^[1]

On 6 January 2008, flight MJ401 from Colombo to Dubai was forced to issue a Mayday call and perform an emergency landing in Mumbai after the engines developed a severe oil leak. Passengers reported that prior to this the plane had been shuddering violently. By the time it landed, only one engine was operational. Passengers were informed that the incident was due to the plane leaving Colombo without a vital component in its engines.[1] It has been reported that the company has stopped flying in May 2008 after having all its aircraft repossessed for failure to meet lease payments. [2] According to JustPlanes website, the airline stopped flying on 3 May 2008. [3] Website still operational, but has not been updated since early May.

[edit] Destinations

Mihin Lanka serves the following destinations: ^[2]^[3]

Dubai
Male
Singapore
Trivandrum
Tiruchirapalli
Buddhagaya
(This are the last destinations prior to ceasing flights).

[edit] Fleet

The Mihin Lanka Fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2008):

The airline has no aircraft at the moment.

[edit] Suspended

As of 1st of May all operations have been suspended due to the aircraft being withdrawn for non payment of fees. The aircraft were wet leased from a Bulgarian company prior to the suspension. Further the company has run up debt of 3,500 million Sri Lankan rupees. [4] [5]