WORLD NEWS | India stands with SriLankan Airlines amid jet fuel crisis: CEO Richard Nuttall

New Delhi [India]Jan 31 (ANI): India is very important to SriLankan Airlines, CEO of aircraft firm Richard Nuttall said, adding that New Delhi has helped the country’s airline to operate amid challenges posed by the economic crisis.

In an interview with ANI, Nuttall said: “Things like wellness, ayurveda and adventure travel are growing globally and Sri Lanka offers a lot of these, so tourism will come back. But the third leg we’re very good at is India’s Tier 2 cities especially go east, so if you want to go west from those cities, you’re going to see all the Gulf carriers, and you’re going to have a lot of competition, and some of it, frankly, is a different economic model.”

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“But going east, we are in a great position, we are right in the heart of India. For many people going east, no airline is better positioned to take advantage of those advantages. Sri Lankans understand service, really The hospitality is very effective “The Indian market is good. India is a source of tourists for Sri Lanka. India matters to airlines. ’ he added.

Nuttall thanked India for all its support, saying New Delhi provided fuel and civil aviation authorities also helped the countries.

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While Covid has impacted Sri Lanka’s economy, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has led to higher aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices, the airline said.

“It was basically a one-off in July and August when Sri Lanka basically ran out of fuel. So I don’t know of a national airline that has to operate without any jet fuel. So we’re lucky that the civil aviation industry actually realizes See what’s going on in the country. So they gradually reduced everyone’s quota. So we had to do a deck stop in India and initially we had to get approval from the Indian authorities, but then, we got those approvals faster because every Everyone knows what’s going on and everyone has been very helpful and supportive and we’ve got support from the airport and the oil companies,” he said.

“We basically ran the entire network for two months, with calls on deck from India, and basically ran a full schedule. So basically a big thank you to all the support we’ve had from the Indian airports from the fuel companies and the civil aviation authorities, ’ added the CEO of SriLankan Airlines. (Arnie)

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