Seats full of losses?

Saddled with losses running to billions, budget carrier Mihin Lanka in a bid to fly towards profitability over the weekend received an Airbus A321 from Paris to use on some of the existing routes as well as a five-times-a-week new service to Bahrain, starting from 1 September.

The latest addition, capable of carrying 210 passengers, is the third aircraft in the fleet of Mihin, a brainchild of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, though thus far it has struggled. Mihin flies to eight destinations within Asia and plans to cover more cities later this year. Here Mihin Air and SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena inside the brand new aircraft after its reached Bandaranaike International Airport – Pic by Kumarasiri Prasad, Our Airport Correspondent.