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International carrier Cyprus Airways, set to fly Dubai-Colombo return twice a
week, has tied up with the Galadari Group’s prestigious five star Galadari
Hotel in Sri Lanka’s capital.
Introduction of the new Sri Lanka sector for the airline, on November 18, has
been prompted by “particularly heavy market demand”, according to Cyprus
Airways’ Middle East and Gulf Chief, Stavros Kyprianou.
The tie-up between the hotel and the airline comes directly from Kyprianou’s
personal experience of the Galadari Group’s hotels.
“My association with Galadari hotels as a business visitor spans a number
of years and has always been a happy one so it is a real pleasure for me to
be able to make this announcement,” said Kyprianou.
The Galadari Hotel Colombo is a deluxe 500-room luxury hotel in the heart of
the business district, next to the Presidential Secretariat and the World Trade
Centre, overlooking the Indian Ocean.
The Hotel's location combined with the largest state-of-the-art bedrooms,
business centre, restaurants, entertainment centres and recreational facilities, makes it a popular addresses for the business community.
Cyprus Airways’ Dubai-Colombo flights are on Wednesdays and Saturdays
and demand is such that an Airbus 320 will be used on the sector from the
outset. The flights originate in Larnaca and stop in Dubai on both legs of the
journey. This means Cyprus Airways is offering four return flights a week
from Dubai to Larnaca instead of the previous two.
The initiative represents a major expansion of flights in the Middle East by
Cyprus national carrier which has been operating in the Gulf 26 years.
“We expect to see a lot of interest in onward connections to South India,”
said Kyprianou. |
