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SriLankan Airlines, in a bid to increase its presence in all parts of the country opened its latest passenger sales office in Gampaha, under the patronage Chief Executive Officer of the SriLankan Airlines Kapila Chandrasena.
The branch office will facilitate travel formalities to a large clientele in the Gampaha district. This includes handling of reservations, ticketing, Prepaid Ticket Advices (PTAs), requests for special services, information on fares, schedules and packages – essentially offering the same sales activity carried out by any city office of the airline.
SriLankan has appointed Lando travels (Pvt) Limited, which is a leading IATA accredited travel Agency in Sri Lanka that caters the travel facilities for clients such as airline ticketing and reservations, travel insurance, outbound holidays ,inbound tour programs and worldwide hotel reservations.
“Providing a direct and comfortable service to our customers at their own city is one of the objectives that we have initiated to expand our business to all parts of the country. The opening of the Gampaha branch would facilitate us to serve our customers even better where they are no longer required to come to Colombo to get done their travel requirements. In addition to this office, we have opened four offices across the country,” said Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe.
SriLankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena stated, “SriLankan targets to make SriLankan brand and product readily available in each and every corner of our country to provide an extended service to all customers under our extensive expanding strategy. The opening of Gampaha branch marks another successful step into an administrative town in Sri Lanka, making travel easier and comfortable on SriLankan.”
The ceremony was attended by a large gathering including the senior management of SriLankan Airlines, Government officials, business partners and the customers of SriLankan Airlines.
The Gampaha PSA office will be manned by proficient staff and is located at 302, Colombo Road, Gampaha. It will be open from 8.15 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and from 8.15 a.m. to 12. 30 p.m. on Saturdays (except mercantile and Poya holidays).