As India and Sri Lanka celebrate 75 years of friendly, bilateral ties and as Sri Lanka marks 75 years of independence, SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, has launched a special campaign, Dil full of Sri Lanka, with attractive offers for holiday packages for Indian customers.

Joining in on the celebrations of 75th anniversary of Sri Lankan independence, Sri Lanka’s national carrier SriLankan Airlines has launched a special campaign, Dil full of Sri Lanka, with attractively priced all-inclusive holiday packages for Indian travellers.

Richard Nuttall, CEO of SriLankan Airlines, announced the launch of the campaign at a press conference held in New Delhi last evening. He also underlined the vital importance that the Indian market held for SriLankan Airlines as well as the destination, Sri Lanka. “You are our primary source of tourists and you were so even before the pandemic. We hope that our new packages attract a large number of Indians to visit Sri Lanka,’’ Nuttall said on the occasion.

Saminda Perera, General Manager Marketing of SriLankan Airlines, gave details of the packages and said that the airline packages curated for all segments and budgets. “We have also developed packages for the business class travellers,’’ Perera said on the occasion.

In a press statement, the airline says that the campaign, Dil full of Sri Lanka, is a collection of hearty island charms, carefully curated by the Airlines’ leisure arm, SriLankan Holidays to capture the most fascinating facets of Sri Lanka. It presents a range of itineraries and experiences that appeal to visitors of different travel interests, with an unbelievable ‘buy one get one free’ offer, adds the statement.

The range of holiday experiences portray Sri Lanka’s trademark cultural vibrancy, ecological beauty, and the inherent hospitality of its people. The statement adds that the journeys are mapped in such a way to take the travellers through the most attractive holiday getaways such as Dambulla and Kandy of the central Sri Lanka, and Galle, Bentota and Colombo of the South.

The packages, each typically created for 2 persons and can be extended to accommodate up to 8 travellers, are aimed at couples, families, friends, siblings who anticipate travelling overseas together, starting with 3 nights with customised addons. The packages, that come with attractive rates, are inclusive of return airfare to Colombo with airport taxes from respective destinations, 5 star and 4 star hotel accommodation on bed and breakfast on twin sharing basis featuring Sri Lanka’s best of the hospitality industry and transfers at destination as per the itineraries shared on the airline’s website.

Currently, SriLankan Airlines connects nine Indian cities to Colombo with 84 flights a week, including 19 flights out of Chennai, 12 flights out of New Delhi, 10 flights out of Kochi, nine from Mumbai and daily flights out of Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru as well as six times a week out of Thiruvananthapuram.

The airline says that as the two countries share a close bond which dates back to over 2500 years, built upon a legacy of intellectual, cultural, historic connections, immortalised by the epics such as Ramayana, travellers from India always hold a special place in the hearts of Sri Lankans for their unquenchable hunger for discovery, which has made India, Sri Lanka’s topmost tourism source market.