Pakistan's JS Group and Deccan Aviation join hands to launch airline in Lanka

The JS Group of Pakistan will be lunching a domestic airline service in Sri Lanka. The Ministry of Defence has cleared the venture.
The Company has already entered into a commercial partnership with Deccan Aviation Lanka, which is already operating helicopter operations.
JS Air and Deccan Aviation will initially operate flights to Palali, Trincomalee, Ampara, Weerawila, Koggala and other domestic destinations.
The aircraft will also be offered to corporate clients for charter for their travel to India and regional destinations.
The modern 17 seater US manufactured, fixed wing, twin engine Raytheon Beechcraft aircraft could be used for both cargo and passenger flights.
It is capable of flying non-stop to Maldives or India for corporate clients, and has the unique capability of being able to use virtually all of Sri Lanka’s airfields an official of Deccan Aviation said. With the induction of the $ 3 million Beechcraft, Deccan becomes the only company to offer both helicopters and fixed wing options to customers.
Deccan also announced plans to launch a service to co-ordinate ground handling arrangements for the increasing number of private aircraft visiting Sri Lanka, and whose owners tend to use Deccan services to travel internally.
31/03/07 Shirajiv Sirimane/Ceylon Daily News, Sri Lanka

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