Simplifly
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| Founded | July 16, 2004 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||||||
| Key people | Suren Mirchandani (Founder) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Simplifly,
History
Millennium Airlines was incorporated in July 2004 as Deccan Aviation Lanka, a private helicopter operator in partnership between
. Suren Mirchandani was the first accountable manager and launched with Deccan Indian pilot Capt AP singh as the chief pilot.soon two Sri Lankan Pilots Sqn Ldr Rtd Kapila Ratnasekera and Capt Ravi Dharmawickrama from Deccan India replaced Indian Pilots.Initial helicopter was a Bell 206III Jetranger registered 4R-DLK.By early 2007 the company started fixed-wing charter operations with the introduction of a leased Beechcraft 1900 aircraft from JS Air Pakistan.
Millennium Airlines (Formerly Deccan Aviation Lanka) provides air taxi services to the tourism industry based in Colombo. In January 2008, Millennium Airlines launched an airborne medical evacuation service. In May 2011, it introduced the eight seater
Deccan Aviation (India), now known as Deccan Charters Ltd, exited from the company in November 2011, after selling their equity to Singapore-based Millennium Aero Pte. Ltd, which prompted the company to rebrand as "Simplifly" with effect from 2013.
In 2019 April Millennium Airlines discontinued flying operations indefinitely for unknown reasons but retained the sole Robinson R66 in its fleets.
Destinations
| [H] | Primary Hub |
| ‡ | Secondary hub |
| [F] | Future destination |
| [T] | Terminated destination |
| City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Refs |
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| Anuradhapura |  Sri Lanka |
ACJ | VCCA | Anuradhapura Airport | |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka |
CMB | VCBI | Bandaranaike International Airport[H] | |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka |
RML | VCCC | Ratmalana Airport[H] | |
| Jaffna | Sri Lanka |
JAF | VCCJ | Jaffna Airport |
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| Kalutara | Sri Lanka |
KTY | VCCN | Katukurunda Airport | |
| Koggala | Sri Lanka |
KCT | VCCK | Koggala Airport | |
| Minneriya | Sri Lanka |
MNH | - | Minneriya Air Base | |
| Sigiriya | Sri Lanka |
GIU | VCCS | Sigiriya Airport | |
| Trincomalee | Sri Lanka |
TRR | VCCT | China Bay Airport |
Current fleet
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| J | Y | Total | ||||
| Bell 206B Jet Ranger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4R-DLK |
| Robinson R66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4R-MAL |
Bell 230
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0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
Gippsland GA8
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1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4R-DLZ |
Cessna T206H
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1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4R-HDA |
| Total | 4 | 1 | ||||
Aircraft operated
| Aircraft | Introduced | Retired |
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| Beechcraft 1900 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Hawker Beechcraft | 2005 | 2007 |
References
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