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SriLankan Airlines denies TU action for flight delays

SriLankan Airlines has recently witnessed delays due raft of technical issues in Colombo and foreign airports

February 25, 2024 2 min read

Israel and Sri Lanka sign direct flights deal

Sri Lanka signs direct flight agreement to facilitate sending more workers to Israel

February 15, 2024 1 min read

Colombo-bound SriLankan flight delayed after taking off in Melbourne over technical fault

SriLankan has faced many delays in the recent past owning to technical issues

February 12, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka to call investors for Jaffna airport PPP

Sri Lanka is close to awarding the management of Mattala airport to a consortium of Russian and Indian companies

February 3, 2024 1 min read
Sri Lanka BIA airport masterplan deal to Netherland's Haskoning

Consultancy firm to prepare the master plan for the Bandaranaike International Airport.

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
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SriLankan Airlines directors faulted for Airbus deal, termination payments by COPE

A parliamentary committee overseeing Sri Lanka's state enterprises has faulted the board of directors of SriLankan Airli...

February 19, 2020 2 min read

Nepal Airlines Airbus bribery probe finds US$1.8mn promised, Sri Lanka $16.8mn

Airbus, in s deal with Nepal Airlines Corporation, had committed 1.8 million US dollars to agents linked to government o...

February 9, 2020 4 min read

The story behind the Wuhan rescue: "We were just doing our job"

The planning, the negotiations and the military precision of the rescue mission SriLankan airlines carried out to bring ...

Chanka Jayasinghe
February 8, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lankan Airlines to offer 5 US cities, Spain, Cypres with Qatar codeshare

State-run SriLankan Airlines said it will sell tickets to five US cities, Spain and Cypress, through a code share on Qat...

February 7, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka airport to get Rs600mn new approach road

Sri Lanka will build a 600 million rupee second approach road to the main international airport in Katunayake, cabinet s...

February 7, 2020 1 min read

SriLanka Airline ex-boss Chandrasena remanded over Airbus-linked money laundering probe

A Sri Lanka court has remanded the ex-Chief Executive Kapila Chandrasena and his wife over a suspected money laundering ...

February 6, 2020 2 min read

Kapila and wife remanded in Airbus case

SriLankan Airlines ex-Chief Executive Kapila Chandrasena and his wife Priyanka Wijenaike have been arrested and produced...

February 6, 2020 2 min read

AG must file action against SriLankan airlines bribe-takers - Eran

UNP Parliamentarian Eran Wickremeratne is demanding that the Attorney General file action against those persons who took...

February 6, 2020 3 min read

SriLankan ex-CEO Kapila Chandrasena and wife surrender to police

SriLankan Airlines ex-Chief Executive Kapila Chandrasena and his wife Priyanka Wijenaike who are wanted in the Airbus br...

February 6, 2020 2 min read
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SriLankan reduces flights to China following coronavirus

SriLankan Airlines, the state-owned national carrier, will reduce its flight frequencies to China due to falling consume...

February 5, 2020 1 min read
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