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Thai Airways, Maldivian to resume Sri Lanka flights from April

The Maldivian will start twice weekly flights from April 25

March 22, 2024 1 min read

India Indigo to fly to Sri Lanka's Jaffna

India's Alliance Air already operates daily flights to Jaffna

March 21, 2024 1 min read

SriLankan to fly daily to Seoul with Korean Air code share

The collaboration will allow SriLankan Airlines to access Korean Air’s far eastern network,

March 14, 2024 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines asked to show better results after $500mn tax-payer bailout

If not jobs of 6,000 employees are at risk

March 12, 2024 1 min read
Israel attack on Iran to increase cost of SriLankan flights to Europe, London: sources

Sri Lanka operates a daily flight to London, three flights each to Frankfurt and Paris weekly

SriLankan re-routes London, Europe flights after Israel attacks Iran

These route changes have led to increased flight durations on our services to Europe

Sri Lanka limits transit in Colombo to six hours for air travellers

Sri Lanka has limited the transit time in Colombo for international passengers to six hours and asked international pass...

March 18, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka airports to suspend arrivals till March 25 - Updated

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's main airport in Katunayake is suspending arriving passenger operations from March 19, as the c...

March 17, 2020 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines isolates crew members after pilot gets Coronavirus

SriLankan Airlines said a colleagues of a pilot who go infected with Coronavirus had been isolated.

March 17, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus battle stepped up with partial airport shutdown

Sri Lanka escalated Coronavirus (CORVID19) controls asking only food supply, transport, banks health and essential stat...

March 17, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka bans travel from UK, Belgium and Norway

Sri Lanka has banned travel from UK, Belgium and Norway from March 16 for two weeks, as part of Coronavirus controls, ex...

March 15, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka not yet considering travel restrictions to UK despite 'herd immunity' strategy

Sri Lanka is not yet considering flight restrictions to the United Kingdom, an official said, despite a 'herd immunity' ...

March 15, 2020 2 min read

Qatar bans Sri Lankans from going there over COVID19

Qatar has temporarily banned travellers from Sri Lanka and 13 other countries from entering the country, an advisory fr...

March 9, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka to quarantine travelers from Italy, Korea, Iran from March 10: official

Sri Lanka will quarantine incoming passengers from Italy, Korea and Iran on flights arriving from 0400 am on March 10 (T...

March 9, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lankan Airlines cancels flights to Kuwait on Coronavirus order

Sri Lanka's SriLankan Airlines has cancelled its daily flight to Kuwait after authorities in the Middle Eastern nation o...

March 7, 2020 1 min read

Dubai-based Emirates stops date change fees over Coronavirus, disinfects aircraft

Dubai-based airline Emirates said it will not charge date change fees for bookings made from March 07 to 31 and is disin...

March 7, 2020 1 min read
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SriLankan Airlines suspends flights to Jeddah, China amid Coronavirus

State-run SriLankan Airlines may suspend flights to China for a time amid a Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, as passenge...

March 6, 2020 2 min read

Airlines grim as trade group sees potential $113 bn hit from virus

Airlines face a revenue hit of up to $113 billion in 2020 due to coronavirus, a trade group warned Thursday, as more co...

March 6, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka takes off landing fees, slashes taxes at two airports to woo South Asian airlines

Sri Lanka is taking off landing and parking charges, slashing embarkation taxes and ground handling fees at two seconda...

February 28, 2020 1 min read
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India's GoAir says engine troubles are over, adding Sri Lanka, eying six destinations

India's GoAir, a low cost carrier based in Mumbai is getting ready to ramp up flights with deliveries of new Airbus airc...

February 28, 2020 2 min read

India's GoAir launches Sri Lanka flights, says Coronavirus scare boosting intra-South Asian travel

India-based GoAir is launching flights to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo from Delhi and Bangalore from March 20, with intra...

February 27, 2020 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines to lose US$130mn this year, $300mn injection needed

Sri Lanka's national carrier Sri Lankan Airlines is expected to lose 130 million US dollars (about 26 billion rupees) in...

February 25, 2020 3 min read

Singapore's Jetstar Asia to start Sri Lanka budget flights from July 01

Budget carrier Jetstar Asia, unit of the Qantas group will fly four times a week to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo from Sin...

February 22, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lankan Airlines Airbuse leases from Aercap questioned on unseen penalties

Though an earlier Board of state-run SriLankan Airlines had claimed they paid 115.7 million US dollars to Aercap, a leas...

February 22, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka's CPC financed SriLankan about US$8mn a month

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has been financing loss-making SriLankan Airlines to the tune of 8 mi...

February 21, 2020 1 min read

Asia-Pacific airlines could lose $27.8 bn to coronavirus: IATA

Airlines operating in the Asia-Pacific region stand to lose a combined $27.8 billion of revenue this year in the ongoing...

February 21, 2020 2 min read