RIYADH, 18 June 2007 — SriLankan Airlines has appointed Unique Choice as its franchise operator for SriLankan Holidays — the holiday package wing of the airlines — in the Kingdom. An agreement for the opening of a franchise office for SriLankan Holidays was signed yesterday between Riza Yusuf, SriLankan Airlines manager for Saudi Arabia and Zawfir Ziard, general manager of Unique Choice at the new headquarters of the Unique Choice here. Others who were present at the signing ceremony included the airline’s manager for Central Province Fawzan Fareid, manager for Western Province Chintaka Bandara, Unique Choice Travel Manager Mohammed Wazeer and Munshif Hussain, chief executive officer of Colombo-based Life Skills. Unique Choice has its offices in Doha, Cairo, Sharjah and Kuala Lumpur. The airline operates six flights a week, two each from Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah. Unique Choice would promote tourist destinations such as Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Maldives and South India through SriLankan Airlines.
