Mihin Lanka

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Mihin Lanka
මිහින් ලංකා
மிஹின் லங்கா
Mihin Lanka logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
MJMLRMIHIN LANKA
Founded27 October 2006 (2006-10-27)
Commenced operations24 April 2007 (2007-04-24)
Ceased operations29 October 2016 (2016-10-29)
Hubs Bandaranaike International Airport
Alliance Oneworld (affiliate; 2014—2016)
Parent company SriLankan Airlines
Headquarters Colombo 02, Sri Lanka
Key people
Revenue Increase2.svg Rs 3.141 billion (2011) [1]
Operating income Increase2.svg Rs −863.959 million (2011) [1]
Net income Increase2.svg Rs −940.489 million (2011) [1]
Total assets Increase2.svg Rs 1.218 billion (2011) [1]
Total equity Decrease2.svg Rs 5.032 billion (2011) [1]
EmployeesIncrease2.svg 853 (2011) [1]

Mihin Lanka was a low-fare leisure airline based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was owned by the Sri Lankan government. [2] The airline operated scheduled flights from its hub at Bandaranaike International Airport to a number of cities in the Indian subcontinent, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Africa. It code-shared with its partner SriLankan Airlines on several routes, as part of a consolidation exercise between the two airlines.

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The airline was plagued by financial losses, debt, waste, and corruption since its inception in 2007. [3] In order to reduce losses and increase productivity, the government approved the merger of Mihin Lanka with SriLankan Airlines by the end of 2016. [4] [5]

Mihin Lanka ceased operations in October 2016 when SriLankan Airlines resumed its schedule on routes formerly operated by Mihin Lanka and took over the additional destinations.

History

Mihin Lanka was incorporated on 27 October 2006. [6] Its three directors were Sajin Vass Gunawardena (CEO), Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Chairman, brother of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa) and Roshan Goonatilake (Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force). [6] The airline is believed to have been named after Mahinda Rajapaksa, the former President of Sri Lanka. [7] [8] It was launched without the approval of the Cabinet or the Civil Aviation Authority and its three aircraft were leased without a tender process. [6] [9]

Mihin began to operate on 24 April 2007 with two wet leased Airbus A320 aircraft. [10] [11] [12] Initially, Mihin connected Colombo with Tiruchirappalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Gaya, Bangkok, Singapore, and Malé and Gan in the Maldives. [10] [13]

In December 2007 Mihin was forced to ground the A320 serving India after the aircraft's Bulgarian owners BH Air had instructed its pilots not to fly the aircraft as Mihin had not settled its lease payments. [14] In the same month, SriLankan Airlines withdrew its ground handling facilities for non-payment, forcing Mihin to manually push back its aircraft before takeoff and use its own staff to handle the check-in counters. [14] In February 2008 Mihin lost one of its aircraft, an A321, after its Turkish owners, Best Air, took it back for non-payment of lease. [12] [15] [16] In April 2008 it lost its other aircraft after its Bulgarian owners took it back for non-payment of lease. [12] [17] Having lost both its aircraft the company was forced to suspend all operations in April 2008. [12] [18] In April 2008 it was announced that Gunawardena would resign as CEO but remain on the board. [19] [20] Gunawardena didn't resign but in June 2008 he was dismissed and replaced by Anura Bandara. [21] Gunawardena went on to become a Member of Parliament for President Rajapaksa's party.

Later in 2008 Mihin leased a 19-year-old A320. [22] Kapila Chandrasena replaced Anura Bandara as CEO in November 2008. [23] Mihin resumed operations on 1 January 2009 with a flight to Dubai. [24] [25] [26] In November 2009 Mihin took over an ex-Air Deccan Airbus A320. In December 2010 Mihin purchased an Airbus A321 whose maiden flight under the Mihin name was on 16 December 2010. [27]

In September 2011, Mihin Lanka announced plans to serve Bangkok, Chittagong, Kozhikode, Manila and Singapore, once it took delivery of its third aircraft. [28] In August 2012, the airline took delivery of its third aircraft, an Airbus A321. [29] The airline won the Bangladesh Monitor 'Best Budget Carrier' award in 2011. [30]

In 2013 it was announced that the airline would lease two Boeing 737-800s from 2015. [31] However Mihin Lanka revised the lease agreement and leased two Airbus A320neos and one A319-100 instead, due to the cost of introducing Boeing aircraft into Mihin's all-Airbus fleet. [32]

On 29 October 2016, Mihin Lanka ceased all operations and all of its routes, staff and aircraft were taken over by SriLankan Airlines. [33]

Corporate affairs

Overview

The Sri Lankan government initially made an equity investment of LKR250 million in Mihin. [34] Lanka Putra Bank, headed by Sajin Vass Gunawardena' father, also invested LKR300 million in redeemable preference shares. [35] [36] In 2008 the government gave Mihin LKR500 million to strengthen its financial position. [34] In 2009 the government gave Mihin a further grant of LKR3,000 million. [37] [38] The government also guaranteed two bank loans taken out by Mihin: a three-year (2006–09) LKR250 million loan from the state-owned Bank of Ceylon and a three-year (2009–12) LKR1,553 million loan from the Bank of Ceylon to lease an aircraft. [37] [38] [39] In 2010 the government made a further equity investment of LKR2,754 million, taking its total equity in Mihin to LKR3,004 million as at 31 December 2010. [40]

Mihin was financially troubled since its establishment. [41] Official government figures show that between 2007 and 2010 it suffered losses totalling LKR5,877 million. [40] Despite cutting its workforce by a third and changing from wet lease to dry lease, Mihin made annual losses of LKR1–2 billion. [42] It was reported that between April 2011 and January 2012 Mihin lost LKR1,700 million and that the government would settle LKR2.4 billion of loans on behalf of the company. [43] [44] Mihin was unable to repay a LKR500 million loan it received from the state-owned Airport Aviation Services (Private) Ltd and the government had to settle the loan on behalf of Mihin. [41] Opposition politicians called for the closure of Mihin, which they claim has lost LKR13 billion since creation. [45] [46]

Mihin was subject to financial irregularities with the financial figures it provided to Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) being contradicted by the findings of the Auditor General. [41]

Business figures

Profit & loss(LKR million) [38] [40]

2007200820092010201120122013201420152016
Revenue—2,5703731,7003,1425,0997,4819,96310,26211,702
Expenditure1954,9701,0802,488
Gross profit/(loss)(195)(2,400)(707)(728)
Net profit/(loss) before tax(195)(3,161)(1,300)(1,221)(940)(1,968)(3,293)(2,592)(1,406)(1,196)

Balance sheet(LKR million) [38] [40]

2007200820092010
Non-current assets23395538
Current assets381264386482
Current liabilities5992,8052,0892,606
Non-current liabilities5503042,7593,541
Equity(195)(2,608)(4,406)(5,628)

Destinations

Mihin Lanka previously served the following destinations. [47]

Country-cityAirport codeAirport name
IATAICAO
Bangladesh
Dhaka DACVGZR Shahjalal International Airport
Bahrain
Bahrain BAHOBBI Bahrain International Airport
India
Chennai MAAVOMM Chennai International Airport
Gaya GAYVEGY Gaya Airport
Kolkata CCUVECC Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Madurai IXMVOMD Madurai International Airport
Trichy TRZVOTR Trichy International Airport
Trivandrum TRVVOTV Trivandrum International Airport
Varanasi VNSVIBN Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport
Indonesia
Jakarta CGKWIII Soekarno–Hatta International Airport
Medan KNOWIMM Kuala Namu International Airport
Kuwait
Kuwait City KWIOKBK Kuwait International Airport
Maldives
Malé MLEVRMM Ibrahim Nasir International Airport
Oman
Muscat MCTOOMS Muscat International Airport
Pakistan
Lahore LHEOPLA Allama Iqbal International Airport
Seychelles
Mahé SEZFSIA Seychelles International Airport
Singapore
Singapore SINWSSS Singapore Changi Airport
Sri Lanka
Colombo CMBVCBI Bandaranaike International Airport HUB
Hambantota HRIVCRI Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport
Thailand
Bangkok BKKVTBS Suvarnabhumi Airport
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi AUHOMAA Abu Dhabi International Airport
Dubai DXBOMDB Dubai International Airport
Sharjah SHJOMSJ Sharjah International Airport

Codeshare agreements

Mihin Lanka had codeshare agreements with the following airline as of July 2015:

Fleet

Formerly operated

AircraftFleetIntroducedRetired
Airbus A319-100120152016
Airbus A320-200520072016
Airbus A321-100 120072016
Airbus A321-200 220122016
Boeing 737-800120082008

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