Mihin Lanka Airlines will be commencing its flight service in the Madurai-Colombo sector in the first week of September.
Mr Jegatheesan, President, Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Mr S. Rethinavelu, senior President of the chamber, in a statement said that while the operation is subject to availability of aircraft, the same will not be delayedin any case, not later than November this year. The service will be thrice a week — Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The flight will depart from Colombo at 2. 20 p.m. and reach Madurai at 3.20 p.m. and in the return trip will depart from Madurai at 4.15 p.m. and reach Colombo at 5.15 p.m. according to the tentative flight schedule.
A trade delegation from the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry will fly to Colombo from Madurai in the inaugural flight of Mihin Lanka Airlines to explore the possibility expanding bi-lateral trade between the two countries and have interactions with representatives of trade and industrial bodies in Sri Lanka, they added.