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Sri Lanka airport moves to tackle congestion as tourists return

Also attempting to re-start suspended Japanese funded terminal.

April 3, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka establishes committee to investigate aircraft incidents

From 2003 – 2021, Sri Lanka has encountered around 2,700 aircraft accidents and incidents.

March 23, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka inks air services deal with the Netherlands

It will allow for flights between Katunayake and Amsterdam and beyond to third countries

February 23, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka and Indonesia extends air search and rescue deal

Sri Lanka and Indonesia to facilitate SAR in their flight information regions

February 15, 2023 1 min read
Italy, Sri Lanka to sign bilateral air services agreement: Minister

14 flights a week for air passenger services, and 7 for air cargo

China's Chongqing Airlines resumes flights to Sri Lanka

Chongqing Airlines is flying three times a week to Colombo

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
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Mattala airport in Sri Lanka loses only scheduled carrier

Sri Lanka is set to establish another world record as its second international airport was left without a single schedul...

June 8, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Expolanka Holdings March net up 21-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka-based Expolanka Holdings, an international logistics company, said group profits rose 21% to Rs3...

June 1, 2018 1 min read

SriLankan aircraft knocks runway lights at Cochin

A SriLankan Airlines aircraft that landed in India's Cochin airport amid heavy winds and rain had hit two lights at the ...

May 27, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Mattala airport sees 35,000 passengers in 2017

Sri Lanka's Mattala international airport built by China has handled 30,051 passengers in 2017, up sharply from 5,750 pa...

May 22, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lankan to ditch CEO Ratwatte, professionals join board

The controversial chief executive of Sri Lankan airlines is tipped to be removed as the government reconstitutes the boa...

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May 19, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka airport immigration on work-to-rule; passengers to come 3 hours ahead

Sri Lanka's state-run SriLankan Airlines urged passengers to report to the airport three hours before their flight from ...

May 17, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lankan aircraft meet Indian dust storm at 33,000 feet

SriLankan Airlines aircraft flying as high as 33,000 feet went through dust kicked by a storm in India, disrupting its s...

May 5, 2018 2 min read

SriLankan flights delayed after dust-storm, diversion

State-run SriLankan Airlines said several aircraft were put out of action at the same time by a dust storm and a diversi...

May 3, 2018 1 min read

Largest aircraft lands at Sri Lanka's emptiest international airport

The world’s largest aircraft, Antonov An 225, made a refueling stop at Sri Lanka's Mattala international airport ...

April 18, 2018 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines says passenger, cargo revenues up amid losses

State-run SriLankan Airlines says passenger revenues rose 20 percent from a year earlier to 830.7 million US dollars (12...

April 16, 2018 2 min read