SriLankan Air Taxi was[3] the domestic branch of SriLankan Airlines. The airline flew to destinations across Sri Lanka[4] and had its hub at the waterdrome at Peliyagoda, on the Kelani River.
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| Founded | 2010 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2013 | ||||||
| Hubs | Kelani River-Peliyagoda Waterdrome (Colombo) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Destinations | 15 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Airline Centre Bandaranaike International Airport Katunayake, Sri Lanka[1] | ||||||
| Key people | Ajith N. Dias (Chairman) Suren Ratwatte (CEO) Rakhita Jayawardena (Director) Colonel Sunil Peiris (Executive Director - HR)[2] | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Destinations
editSri Lankan AirTaxi served the following destinations:[5][6][7]
| Hub | |
| Future | |
| Seasonal | |
| Terminated route |
| City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Refs |
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| Ampara |  Sri Lanka |
AFK | - | Kondavattavana Tank | |
| Arugam Bay | Sri Lanka |
AYY | - | Arugam Bay Lagoon | |
| Batticaloa | Sri Lanka |
BTC | - | Lady Manning Drive | |
| Bentota | Sri Lanka |
BJT | - | Bentota River | |
| Castlereagh | Sri Lanka |
NUF | - | Castlereigh Reservoir | |
| Colombo-Dandugama | Sri Lanka |
DGM | - | Dandugama Water Aerodrome | |
| Colombo-Peliyagoda | Sri Lanka |
KEZ | - | Kelani River-Peliyagoda Waterdrome | |
| Dambulla | Sri Lanka |
DBU | - | Ibbankatuwa Tank | |
| Dikwella | Sri Lanka |
DIW | - | Mawella Lagoon | |
| Hambantota | Sri Lanka |
HBT | - | Bandagiriya Tank | |
| Iranamadu | Sri Lanka |
IRU | - | Iranamadu Waterdrome | |
| Jaffna | Sri Lanka |
- | - | Jaffna Waterdrome | |
| Kalpitiya | Sri Lanka |
- | - | Kalpitiya Waterdrome | |
| Kandy-Polgolla | Sri Lanka |
KDZ | - | Polgolla Reservoir | |
| Kandy-Victoria | Sri Lanka |
KDW | - | Victoria Reservoir | |
| Koggala | Sri Lanka |
KCT | - | Koggala Lagoon | |
| Nuwara Eliya | Sri Lanka |
NUA | - | Lake Gregory | |
| Pasikudah | Sri Lanka |
PQD | - | Naval substation | |
| Tissamaharama | Sri Lanka |
TTW | - | Tissa Tank | |
| Trincomalee | Sri Lanka |
THW | - | Trincomalee Harbour |
Fleet
editSriLankan AirTaxi operated two aircraft that were capable of landing on water. Capacity was 15 passengers in each aircraft.[4]
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers (Economy) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHC-6-100 | 2 | 0 | 15 | Waterdrome operations |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ "Airline Membership". IATA. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27.
- ^ "Our Airline". Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
- ^ "SriLankan Air Taxi on ch-aviation".
- ^ a b "SriLankan Air Taxi". SriLankan Airlines. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ UL air taxi routes
- ^ UL Taxi sxhedule
- ^ UL Taxi routes check-in