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Cinnamon Air operated one of its luxurious Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian aircraft, piloted by Captain Luca Solari and First Office Rajiv Wickramage, along the coastal route between Bentota and Colombo at approximately 4,500 feet, in order to give the beauties on board a spectacular vantage point from which to admire the stunning scenery below. In addition to the beauties on board, the scenic flight also carried a film crew from Sri Lanka’s national television station, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.
The 25 minute flight conducted by Cinnamon Air was designed to share the exciting experience of taking off and landing on water, whilst providing the very busy finalists with a rapid transfer option between the Southern Coast and Colombo with the added advantage of affording the finalists a bird’s eye view of Sri Lanka’s spectacular coastline.
Vivi Tian, Linda Cui, Lu Meng, Mayi Peng and Guo Wang were the lucky finalists who were able to fly alongside the reigning Miss Universe China 2013, Jin Ye. It was the finalists’ first ever experience in an amphibian aircraft and they stated that they had never experienced something so exciting before. They continued to say that they had enjoyed their stay in Sri Lanka at the beautiful beaches and the lovely hotels and that the scenic flight with the aerial views of the island was the cherry on top of a wonderful stay in the country.
Cinnamon Air completed one year of scheduled passenger operations on 1 July 2014. In the past year, Cinnamon Air has carried over 4,000 passengers on 900 scheduled flights to eight regular destinations and operated over 175 charter flights to 20 destinations. 10 of the destinations served were water aerodromes, making Cinnamon Air the first domestic carrier to commercially serve such a diverse range of inland points in Sri Lanka and the only scheduled airline to do so out of Colombo’s international airport.
All Cinnamon Air scheduled flights operate in code share with SriLankan Airlines, consequent to which they are also be available for sale throughout the SriLankan Airlines network and all travel agents around the world via Global Distribution Systems, under a ‘UL’ designated flight number.
Cinnamon Air, owned and operated by Saffron Aviation Limited, is a joint venture between Sri Lanka’s largest listed conglomerate, John Keells Holdings, MMBL Leisure Holdings (a part of the Mercantile Merchant Bank Group) and Phoenix Ventures (parent of Phoenix Industries and the Brandix Group, Sri Lanka’s largest garment manufacturer). The airline operates a fleet of two Cessna 208 amphibian aircraft and one Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft, with scheduled services to key inland points in Sri Lanka. Cinnamon Air also offers charter services to and between all Airports and Water Aerodromes in Sri Lanka. The airline is based out of Katunayake where it operates a dedicated domestic terminal (within the precincts of the BIA) and also has its own purpose built hangar and maintenance facilities. Contact details: Reservations team, tel: +94 112475475 or e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected].
