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| Founded | 27 October 2006 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 24 April 2007 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 29 October 2016 | ||||||
| Hubs | Bandaranaike International Airport | ||||||
| Alliance | Oneworld (affiliate; 2014—2016) | ||||||
| Parent company | SriLankan Airlines | ||||||
| Headquarters | Colombo 02, Sri Lanka | ||||||
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| Revenue |  Rs 3.141 billion (2011)[1] | ||||||
| Operating income | Rs −863.959 million (2011)[1] | ||||||
| Net income | Rs −940.489 million (2011)[1] | ||||||
| Total assets | Rs 1.218 billion (2011)[1] | ||||||
| Total equity |  Rs 5.032 billion (2011)[1] | ||||||
| Employees | 853 (2011)[1] | ||||||
Mihin Lanka was a low-fare leisure airline based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was owned by the Sri Lankan government.[2] The airline operated scheduled flights from its hub at Bandaranaike International Airport to a number of cities in the Indian subcontinent, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Africa. It code-shared with its partner SriLankan Airlines on several routes, as part of a consolidation exercise between the two airlines.
The airline was plagued by financial losses, debt, waste, and corruption since its inception in 2007.[3] In order to reduce losses and increase productivity, the government approved the merger of Mihin Lanka with SriLankan Airlines by the end of 2016.[4][5]
Mihin Lanka ceased operations in October 2016 when SriLankan Airlines resumed its schedule on routes formerly operated by Mihin Lanka and took over the additional destinations.
- ^ a b c d e f "Melstacorp Annual Report 2019/20" (PDF). Parliament of Sri Lanka. Mihin Lanka. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "Optimizing Mihin Lanka". Airline Industry Review. 13 May 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ "Corrupt officials, politicians exposed (COPE) but committee lacks power: DEW". Sunday Times. Sri Lanka. 4 December 2011.
- ^ "Sri Lankan government to merge SriLankan and Mihin to cut losses, increase productivity". ColomboPage. 29 January 2015.
- ^ Shirajiv Sirimane (22 July 2016). "Mihin Lanka to wind up this year, increase productivity". Daily News. Sri Lanka.