January 9, 2018 TnH Global

IndiGo to soon operate direct daily flights to Colombo

6E to operate daily flights from Chennai, Bengaluru starting January 20, 2018
Colombo soon to be its 8^th international and 49^th overall destination on 6E network

In its endeavour to expand and strengthen its growing network, IndiGo, India’s largest and fastest growing low-cost carrier, today shared its operational plans from Colombo. With daily direct flights from Chennai and Bengaluru, Colombo will become IndiGo’s 8th international and 49th overall destination effective January 20, 2018.

With these new flights IndiGo will also offer convenient connections to & from Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai & other major Indian cities. Both corporate and leisure passengers travelling to and from Colombo will get the opportunity to experience on-time, affordable and a hassle-free travel experience that IndiGo is synonymous with. These new flights will further consolidate IndiGo’s position as the fastest growing airline in India with over 150 Airbus A320 and three ATR aircraft strong fleet, operating over 1000 daily flights, connecting 49 destinations w.e.f January 20, 2018.

Addressing the media gathering, Sanjay Kumar, Chief Commercial Officer, IndiGo said, “It gives us immense pleasure to add Colombo to our growing network, which will not only help us cater to the growing tourist potential of the city, but also provide affordable travel options to the Indian workforce who can now look forward to visiting the city more frequently. We are hopeful that these new flights will provide affordable and unmatchable travel experience to our passengers across the country and beyond.” “We are also delighted to partner with Hemas as our GSA partner in Sri Lanka for our sales & distribution services,” he added further.

Malinga Arsakularatne, Managing Director of Hemas Leisure Travel Aviation Group added, “We welcome IndiGo to Sri Lanka and it is indeed our great pleasure to embark on this exciting partnership. We are confident that the team at Hemas Aviation would deliver the growth ambitions of the airline. We look forward to a long-lasting and a win-win relationship with IndiGo.”

The new flight schedule is as follows:

Flight No	Departure	Dept Time	Arrival	Arrv Time	W.E.F.
6E 1201	Chennai	6:55	Colombo	8:15	20-Jan-18
6E 1202	Colombo	9:15	Chennai	11:00	20-Jan-18
6E 1203	Chennai	12:00	Colombo	13:25	20-Jan-18
6E 1206	Colombo	14:25	Bengaluru	15:55	20-Jan-18
6E 1205	Bengaluru	18:00	Colombo	19:30	20-Jan-18
6E 1204	Colombo	20:30	Chennai	21:55	20-Jan-18