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Aviation

SriLankan aircraft diverted to Mattala

Aircraft could not take off as crew had reached maxium flight time limit

May 6, 2023 1 min read

China attempts to prove its close cooperation with debt defaulted Sri Lanka

"We are always "providing free charcoal in the snow" instead of "collecting rented-umbrellas in the rain", - CMG chief

April 24, 2023 2 min read

Pros Inc wins SriLankan Airlines revenue software deal

The contract will be for five years

April 8, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka airport restaurant, branded clothing franchise to Flemingo

The international restaurant chain or a branded clothing outlet will be in the departure

April 6, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka Airlines launches Yaana AI chatbot

Integrates advanced AI and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to help with a range of passenger inquiries.

Sri Lanka airport passenger movements rise to 17.6-pct to 8.88mn

Still below highs seen in 2018 and 2019

Sri Lanka’s EFL takes over SG Holdings operation in Malaysia

ECONOMYNEXT - Expolanka Freight (EFL), a global freight-forwarding company headquartered in Sri Lanka and part of the Ex...

August 30, 2018 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines to have three daily flights between Colombo and Singapore

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it will increase frequencies between Colombo and Singapore to 21 flights a week wi...

August 29, 2018 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines drained by high commissions paid to GSAs owned by one person

SriLankan Airlines had been drained by unusually high commissions paid to general sales agencies operating in several co...

August 27, 2018 5 min read

SriLankan Airlines to swap Airbus A350s for smaller planes

State-run SriLankan Airlines is on track to renegotiate an order for four Airbus A350 long haul aircraft for other aircr...

August 22, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to resume search for investor for SriLankan Airlines

Sri Lanka will re-start its search for a new partner for state-run SriLankan Airlines within the next three months throu...

August 21, 2018 2 min read

SriLankan offers Trivandrun or any other South Indian airport after Cochin closure

SriLankan Airlines said customers booked for Cochin which is closed till August 26 after floods could fly to any other S...

August 17, 2018 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines lose millions as ex-Chairman interferes in Paris flight

Nishantha Wickramasinghe, brother-in-law of ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa had caused millions of rupees in losses and r...

August 16, 2018 5 min read

SriLankan Airlines suspends flights to Cochin until August 18

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it has temporarily suspended flights to and from the South Indian city of Cochin u...

August 15, 2018 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines ex-Chairman used head-of-state privileges to divert aircraft for personal gain

Brother-in-law of ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Nishantha Wickremesinghe had used priviledges reserved for the head-of...

August 8, 2018 4 min read

Sri Lanka to do feasibility study on airport in central hills

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation is to conduct a feasibility study on bu...

August 8, 2018 1 min read
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No Monetary Board approval for EPF investments in SriLankan Airlines

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka’s largest retirement fund which is under the custodianship of the Central Bank had not obt...

August 6, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Holdings June net up 21-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Holdings said net profit rose 21% to 247 million rupees in the June 20...

August 2, 2018 1 min read

Questions over EPF, state banks buying SriLankan Airlines shares

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had been told that Bank of Ceylon would benefit from buying shares in lo...

August 2, 2018 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines security chief denies knowledge of staff released for election work

ECONOMYNEXT - Security officers of SriLankan Airlines given 'duty leave' around the time of the last presidential electi...

August 1, 2018 2 min read

Missing documents, compliance delays mar SriLankan Airlines security tender

ECONOMYNEXT- The Presidential Commission of Inquiry into irregularities at the state-owned SriLankan Airlines this week ...

August 1, 2018 4 min read

SriLankan Airlines gets sixth Airbus A321neo aircraft

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s loss-making national carrier said it took delivery Sunday of an Airbus A321neo a...

July 30, 2018 1 min read

SITTI wins Sri Lanka airport voice communications systems deal

ECONOMYNEXT – SITTI S.P.A., an Italian firm making air traffic control voice communication systems has won a cont...

July 26, 2018 1 min read

Qatar Airways lifts capacity to Sri Lanka with Airbus A350

Qatar Airways said it will increase weekly capacity to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo by 15 percent by adding Airbus A-350 ...

July 9, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka awards concessions to build airport hotels

Sri Lanka's Thilanka Hotel (Pvt) Ltd and Striders Corporation group, has won the concessions to build and operate two ai...

June 27, 2018 1 min read

Five firms to offer internal flights in Sri Lanka

June 21, 2018 1 min read