Thursday, July 28, 2022

Alliance Air may resume Jaffna flights

Chennai: Alliance Air plans to resume flights between Chennai and Jaffna after the situation in Sri Lanka improves. The airline holds the slot for the route at Chennai airport. The route was popular in pre-Covid times among tourists, Lankan Tamils, traders and pilgrims.

Chennaiites will soon have a budget-friendly foreign destination to visit, as Alliance Air is planning to resume flights between Chennai and Jaffna. The service is likely to start after the situation improves in the island nation. The airline continues to hold the slot for the route at Chennai airport.

The only international route of the airline, which is managed by the government of India, was popular in the pre-Covid days among tourists, Sri Lankan Tamils, traders and pilgrims. "We will be resuming the services. Everything is ready. The date will be finalised soon," said a spokesperson of the airline.

The airline had started flights to Jaffna in November 2019 but had to discontinue after the pandemic struck. Travel and tour operators are upbeat about the plans. Sriharan Balan of Madura Travels said "Jaffna is much safer and peaceful than Colombo. There is good potential for tourists and pilgrims. It is a new and affordable destination for a foreign experience at a time when trips to Southeast Asia and the Middle East are expensive."

28/07/22 Times of India

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