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SriLankan Airlines flies in Indian journalists to promote tourism

Airline organized a tour of the island for journalists from India's mainstream print and news media

December 5, 2023 1 min read

Solar power project at Sri Lanka airport

BIA has started a 100 kilowatt solar power pilot project on the roof of its passenger terminal building

November 23, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka airport inks deal for second jet fuel supplier

Until now state-run CPC had the monopoly

November 1, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka requests investor interest to divest SriLankan Airlines

Qualified investors will have to submit bids by February 2024

October 31, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka upgrades Colombo FIR control centre

Sri Lanka has upgraded air navigation infrastructure in Colombo Flight Information region which controls air traffic ove...

November 3, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka travel agents forced to bailout India's JetAirways customers

Sri Lanka's travel agents have called for the government to mandate a balanced contract or insurance for foreign airlin...

Chanka Jayasinghe
October 25, 2019 2 min read

Flights to Sri Lanka's Katunanayake diverted over bad weather

Two flights to Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike International Airport was diverted to another airport due to sudden bad weather.

October 21, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka declares three new international airports taking total to five

Sri Lanka has declared three new domestic airports as international airports which will have border control facilities, ...

October 19, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's Jaffna International Airport takes off welcoming India's Alliance Air flight

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena opened Jaffna as an international airport with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremes...

October 17, 2019 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines wins top Indian Ocean carrier spot at World Travel Awards

State-run SriLankan Airlines said it had won the award for ‘Asia’s Leading Airline to the Indian Ocean’, World Tra...

October 14, 2019 1 min read
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SriLankan flight to Japan delayed over Typhoon Hagibis

SriLankan Airlines said its flight from Colombo to Narita in Japan has been delayed due to Typhoon Hagibis until tomorro...

October 12, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka opens internal flights to foreign carriers

Sri Lanka has given the clearance to license foreign airlines to operate flights between internal airports to boost the ...

October 2, 2019 1 min read

SriLankan Engineering services Air Seychelles aircraft

State-run SriLankan Airlines said Air Seychelles had become a customer of its engineering unit.

September 24, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Expolanka USA unit settles case for US$6.75mn

Sri Lanka's Expolanka Holdings Plc, a freight forwarder with an international network said it had settle a case filed by...

September 23, 2019 1 min read
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Sri Lanka to give subsidies to develop domestic air routes

Sri Lanka's tourist promotion office will give subsidies to domestic airlines that operate scheduled services to select...

September 18, 2019 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines mulls expanding space for growing cargo business

SriLankan Airlines is planning to break up its existing cargo terminal space at the Katunayake international airport int...

August 29, 2019 1 min read

Rental incomes increase for Sri Lanka airport operator

Sri Lanka’s civil airports operator, Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited (AASL), reported sharply higher income...

August 26, 2019 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines to make losses for four years after Easter blasts

State-run SriLankan Airlines will lose less than originally feared from Easter Sunday blasts, but the hit would delay a ...

August 24, 2019 3 min read

India's Alliance Air may fly to Sri Lanka's Palaly airport in Jaffna

Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, has expressed interest in flying to the Palaly Airport in Sri Lanka's northern ...

August 22, 2019 2 min read

SriLankan aircraft carrying 50-pct extra crew due to union deal

State-run SriLankan Airlines is carrying up to 50 percent extra crew above regulatory requirements on some aircraft type...

August 22, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to call for bids for airport bomb detectors

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government plans to buy nine x-ray scanning machines to detect explosives at the...

August 21, 2019 1 min read

Qualified audit opinion on Sri Lanka airport operator over Mattala

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s auditor general has issued a qualified opinion on the annual accounts of Aviatio...

August 15, 2019 2 min read

SriLankan Catering flight kitchen in Rs.250mn expansion

State-owned SriLankan Catering Limited, which prepares meals for airlines at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA...

August 15, 2019 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines stops flights to Cochin due to floods

SrLankan Airlines said it has suspended flights to Cochin, India till Sunday August 11, 2019 after the airport was close...

August 9, 2019 1 min read