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Sri Lanka to liberalize airport fuel, ground handling, catering

Ratmalana to get a private fuel supplier

July 15, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka jet fuel prices highest among major Asian airports: IATA

Asia Pacific lagging in recovery

July 14, 2023 2 min read

Cinnamon Air to start flights to Jaffna, Trinco, Batticaloa

Jaffna flight to stopover in Sigiriya

July 11, 2023 1 min read

International flights to Sri Lanka in steep take-off

Monthly arrivals had risen from 205,000 in January to 279,000 in May

July 10, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka to make new law for domestic aviation

Sri Lanka current law administered by the Civil Aviation Authority

SriLankan Airlines offers wireless in-flight streaming on personal devices

Passengers can now access the in-flight entertainment system on their carry-on devices

Sri Lanka in talks for investments from global logistics firms

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka is having talks with some of the world’s biggest logistics firms like Germany’s DB ...

June 7, 2019 2 min read

SriLankan named world's most punctual airline by flightstats.com

Sri Lanka's state-run Srilankan Airlines had been named the world's most punctual airline with 90.75 percent of its flig...

June 7, 2019 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines to resume flights to Karachi

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines is to resume services to Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi on 1st June 2019 ...

May 31, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka airport security to get more passenger friendly: official

Draconian security measures at Sri Lanka's Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake after Easter Sunday b...

May 10, 2019 3 min read

New traffic plan at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airport

ECONOMYNEXT – A new traffic plan has been put in place at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airport t...

May 9, 2019 1 min read

New air cargo terminal at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airport

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government has approved plans to build another air cargo terminal at the Bandaranaik...

May 8, 2019 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines hires expat as Chief Commercial Officer

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines has appointed Joshua Bustos, an expatriate with experience in other airlines, as its Ch...

May 7, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Mattala airport use halves in 2018

Sri Lanka's Mattala international airport has seen aircraft movements halve to 709 in 2018, or less than one landing and...

May 4, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka bans drones after suicide bombings

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s civil aviation authority has banned flying of pilotless aircraft including drone...

April 25, 2019 1 min read

Security beefed up at Sri Lanka's Colombo airport

Security at Sri Lanka's main airport in Katunayake has been heightened following a series of explosions across the count...

April 21, 2019 1 min read
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Sri Lanka's Colombo airport temporarily closed over bad weather

Sri Lanka's main airport in Katunayake faced a temporary closure Wednesday evening due to adverse weather, an official s...

April 17, 2019 1 min read

Flight diverted to Sri Lanka's Matttala airport over bad weather

Severe bad weather over Katunayake has led to divertion of aircraft from Colombo to Mattala in Hambantota.

April 17, 2019 1 min read

New SriLankan Airlines business plan focuses on routes, fleet

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s loss-making national carrier said it has drawn up a new business plan aimed at r...

April 4, 2019 3 min read

SriLankan Airlines to increase flights to Tokyo to five a week

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines is increasing its number of flights to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport to f...

March 27, 2019 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines London-Colombo flight diverted owing to medical emergency

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said an overnight flight from London to Colombo Sunday was diverted to Bucharest, Roman...

March 25, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka expects a deal with India on Mattala airport in three months: PM

Sri Lanka is expecting to conclude a deal with India to operate Mattala airport in the next three months, Prime Minister...

March 25, 2019 1 min read

No Boeing B737 Max aircraft flying over or to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is monitoring the safety issue of Boeing B737 Max aircraft after a crash in Ethiopia, but no aircraft is overf...

March 13, 2019 3 min read

SriLankan Airlines all-women crew flies to Singapore

State-run SriLankan Airlines said its first all-female crew flew an airliner to Singapore.

March 8, 2019 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines cancels flights to Pakistan

Sri Lankan Airlines is cancelling scheduled flights to Karachchi and Lahore after Pakistan closed its airspace amid risi...

February 27, 2019 1 min read

SriLankan MRO ready for C-checks on A320NEO

SriLankan Engineering said it had completed its first C-check on an Airbus A320neo aircraft and is ready to offer servic...

February 13, 2019 1 min read