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Mihin Lanka is a low-fare leisure airline based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is owned by the Sri Lankan government. The airline operates scheduled flights from its hub at Bandaranaike International Airport to a number of cities in the Indian subcontinent, the Gulf States,Pakistan, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Africa. It code-shares with its partner SriLankan Airlines on several routes, as part of a consolidation exercise between the two airlines. Currently it operates three aircraft.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mihin Lanka Fleet Details and History )〕 The airline is believed to have been named after Mahinda Rajapaksa, the former President of Sri Lanka. Mr. Ajith N. Dias is the current Chairman and Captain. Suren Ratwatte is the current Chief Executive Officer.〔(Mihin to launch domestic flights ) Daily News, 2009-01-06〕 The airline has been plagued by financial losses, debt, waste, corruption and other irregularities since its inception in 2007. In order to reduce losses and increase produtivity, the government proposed in early 2015 to merge Mihin Lanka with SriLankan Airlines. ==History== Mihin Lanka was incorporated on 27 October 2006. Its three directors were Sajin Vass Gunawardena (CEO), Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Chairman, brother of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa) and Roshan Goonatilake (Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force).〔 It was launched without the approval of the Cabinet or the Civil Aviation Authority and its three aircraft were leased without a tender process.〔 Mihin started operating on 24 April 2007 with two wet leased Airbus A320 aircraft.〔(Mihin Lanka to Dubai ) AME Info, 2007-04-21〕 It was established by the Sri Lankan government to operate services to India and the Middle East. Initially, Mihin connected Colombo with seven destinations - Tiruchirappalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Bodhgaya, Bangkok, Singapore, and Malé and Gan in the Maldives.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mihin Lanka consolidates in Singapore )〕 In December 2007 Mihin was forced to ground the A320 serving India after the aircraft's Bulgarian owners BH Air had instructed its pilots not to fly the aircraft as Mihin had not settled its lease payments.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lankastandard.com/vault/4044-2/ )〕 In the same month SriLankan Airlines withdrew its ground handling facilities for non-payment forcing Mihin to manually pushback its aircraft before take off and use its own staff to handle the check-in counters.〔 In February 2008 Mihin lost of one of its aircraft, an A321, after its Turkish owners Best Air took it back for non-payment of lease.〔 In April 2008 it lost its other aircraft after its Bulgarian owners took it back for non-payment of lease.〔 Having lost both its aircraft the company was forced to suspend all operations in April 2008.〔 In April 2008 it was announced that Gunawardena would resign as CEO but remain on the board. Gunawardena didn't resign but in June 2008 he was dismissed and replaced by Anura Bandara. Gunawardena went on to become a Member of Parliament for President Rajapaksa's party. Later in 2008 Mihin leased a 19-year-old A320. Kapila Chandrasena replaced Anura Bandara as CEO in November 2008. Mihin resumed operations on 1 January 2009 with a flight to Dubai.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.centreforaviation.com/analysis/mihin-lanka-resumes-operations-4870 )〕 In November 2009 Mihin took over an ex Air Deccan Airbus A320. In December 2010 Mihin purchased an Airbus A321 whose maiden flight under the Mihin name was on 16 December 2010. In September 2011, Mihin Lanka announced that it plans to serve Bangkok, Chittagong, Kozhikode, Manila and Singapore, once it takes delivery of its third aircraft. In August 2012, the airline took delivery of its third aircraft, an Airbus A321. The airline won the Bangladesh Monitor 'Best Budget Carrier' award in 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mihin Lanka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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