SriLankan AirTaxi

SriLankan AirTaxi
IATA ICAO Call sign
U9 - AIR TAXI
Founded2010
Ceased operations2013
HubsKelani River-Peliyagoda Waterdrome (Colombo)
Fleet size2
Destinations15
HeadquartersAirline Centre
Bandaranaike International Airport
Katunayake, Sri Lanka[1]
Key peopleAjith N. Dias (Chairman)
Suren Ratwatte (CEO)
Rakhita Jayawardena (Director)
Colonel Sunil Peiris (Executive Director - HR)[2]
Websitewww.srilankan.com

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.

A DHC-6-100 floatplane at Ibbankatuwa Tank, Dambulla

Destinations

Sri Lankan AirTaxi served the following destinations:[5][6][7]

Hub
Future
Seasonal
Terminated route
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Refs
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

SriLankan AirTaxi operated two aircraft that were capable of landing on water. Capacity was 15 passengers in each aircraft.[4]

SriLankan AirTaxi
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers
(Economy) 		Notes
DHC-6-100 2 0 15 Waterdrome operations
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ "Airline Membership". IATA. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27.
  2. ^ "Our Airline". Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  3. ^ "SriLankan Air Taxi on ch-aviation".
  4. ^ a b "SriLankan Air Taxi". SriLankan Airlines. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  5. ^ UL air taxi routes
  6. ^ UL Taxi sxhedule
  7. ^ UL Taxi routes check-in