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SriLankan Aviation College made IATA training partner

College plans to produce aviation professionals, not only within Sri Lanka, but also within the region.

January 23, 2024 1 min read

International Air Cargo Terminal to handle SriLankan aircraft at Japan's Narita

Ground handling services for SriLankan Airlines aircraft at Narita Airport, in Tokyo, Japan, by International Air Cargo

January 9, 2024 1 min read

Russia's Rossiya Airlines to start flights to Colombo

CAASL issues FAOC for Russia's Rossiya Airlines to operate flights from Moscow to Colombo

January 3, 2024 1 min read

SriLankan wet-leases two aircraft from Air Belgium

A second aircraft from Air Belgium is to arrive in mid-January 2024.

December 31, 2023 1 min read
SriLankan relief flight reaches Indonesia to help stranded passengers

SriLankan has experienced a raft of technical issues in both foreign and local airports since the last year

SriLankan cancels last govt’s A330 deals; negotiates for 2 wide bodies: Chairman

Previous govt had decided to lease 4 wide body aircrafts - two each from ORIX and Aergo Capital

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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Airbus bribery: Govt yet to find whereabouts of Kapila Chandrasena - Mahindananda

Co-Government Spokesman Mahindananda Aluthgamage is saying that the state has not been able to trace the whereabouts of ...

February 5, 2020 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines volunteer flight crew brings back Wuhan students to Sri Lanka

SriLankan Airlines said a rescue flight from Wuhan, China staffed by a 16 volunteer crew carrying students stranded in t...

February 1, 2020 2 min read
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SriLankan Airline exec's wife offered US$16mn bribe for Airbus deal: Court filing

Airbus aviation group had offered 16 million US dollar bribe to the wife an employee of Sri Lanka's state airline for a ...

February 1, 2020 2 min read
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Airbus bribed wife of Sri Lankan airlines exec US$2 million - reports

Airbus hired the wife of a Sri Lankan Airlines executive as an agent, although she had had no previous experience in the...

February 1, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka flies out 33 citizens from coronavirus epicenter in Wuhan, China

A state-run Srilankan Airlines rescue had taken out 33 Sri Lanka citizens from the novel coronavirus epicenter in Wuhan...

February 1, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka plans rescue flight to evacuate citizens trapped in China

Sri Lanka is planning a rescue flight to evacuate around 150 students and others stuck in China due to travel restrictio...

January 26, 2020 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines asked to fly to Paris, Frankfurt: Report

Sri Lanka's Tourism and Aviation Ministry has requested the national carrier to resume flights to Paris and Frankfurt, m...

January 22, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lankan passport queues introduced at Katunayake Airport

Sri Lanka's Immigration Department has introduced time-bound seperate queues for Sri Lankan passport holders at the Band...

January 15, 2020 2 min read
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'Damning' Boeing emails say 737 MAX was 'designed by clowns'

Boeing employees bantered about whether the 737 MAX was safe to fly and joked that the aircraft was "designed by clowns ...

January 11, 2020 4 min read

SriLankan re-routes flights to avoid Iran

State-run SriLankan Airlines said it was re-routing flights to London to avoid Iran, as a conflict escalation in the reg...

January 8, 2020 2 min read