Amidst restructuring, SriLankan flies you free on 38th anniversary
SriLankan Airlines, currently working on its restructuring, on Thursday launched plans to celebrate the carrier’s 38th anniversary at the Hilton Colombo.
The airline announced an offer that allows the ticket holder’s partner to fly for free onboard SriLankan Airlines and which could be extended to one kid as well in partnership with the Standard Chartered Bank and Visa International.
The airline’s restructuring plans are still being worked out by the authorities, SriLankan Airlines CEO Captain Suren Ratwatte said on the sidelines of the launch while talking to the Business Times.
He noted that while they wish to commence work on these plans as early as possible they were still awaiting instructions from higher authorities involved in drawing up these for which even the airline’s board of directors did not have any say.
In fact he noted that Melbourne would be the last destination the carrier would be launching for some time to come. SriLankan is scheduled to fly to Melbourne from October this year.
Capt. Ratwatte pointed out that the carrier was currently operating to destinations based on its aircraft fleet and that they were unable to purchase more without which they could not expand their destination outreach.
“Partner Flies Free” promotion will issue 1000 free return air tickets to 14 destinations namely Melbourne, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Male, Gan Island (Maldives), Seychelles, Kunming, Hong Kong, Guangzhou (Canton), Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Coimbatore. Each destination is given a set quota of seats and passengers can claim their tickets on a first-come-first-served basis.
Bookings must be made between August 28 and September 6 on SriLankan Airlines’ dedicated webpage with any Visa credit or debit card issued in Sri Lanka for travel between August 28 and March 31, 2018.
Passengers booking with their Standard Chartered SriLankan Airlines cobranded Visa cards are eligible for the “Child Flies Free” offer thereby availing themselves of the partner and kid flies free offer for families planning on going on vacation overseas.