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Sri Lanka 2023 budget proposes logistic hubs to boost trade

Sri Lanka has been in the process of coming out of an unprecedented economic crisis

November 16, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka drops plan to sell Sri Lankan Airlines piecemeal

SOE agency to come up with sale plan

November 2, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka to sign aviation pact with Netherlands to boost tourism, investment

"With this agreement, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands will be able to start direct flights."

October 26, 2022 1 min read

SriLankan likely to see pilot shortage in 2023 amid economic crisis, tax hikes - sources

SriLankan pilots are applying for Qatar Airways, Emirates vacancies after tax hike proposal - sources

October 17, 2022 2 min read
SriLankan Airlines Airbus pilots clash midair

SriLankan said a safety investigation is underway

Cinnamon Air cross-connects Sri Lanka tourist hot spots

From November 01, new flights will connect Koggala and Hambantota with Kandy and Sigiriya

AirAsia offers to build budget terminal, JV carrier in Sri Lanka: report

Malaysia's AirAsia has offered to build a 70 million dollar budget terminal as part of an offer to set up a joint ventur...

November 19, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan Airbus aborts flight to Mumbai after on-board emergency

ECONOMYNEXT - A Mumbai-bound SriLankan Airlines flight aborted landing at its destination and returned to base following...

November 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka seeks private investment in domestic airports; aero sports zones

Sri Lanka will seek private public partnerships to develop several domestic airports to help the tourism industry, and a...

November 13, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka India JV for Mattala airport 'in a few months' : PM

Sri Lanka and India will form a joint venture to run the island's second international airport in Mattala, while a Chine...

November 6, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines starts direct flights to Melbourne

State-run SriLankan Airlines said it had started daily direct flights to Melbourne from October 29, where a many immigra...

October 30, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan chairman gets ticking off from Prime Minister

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October 25, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka says Airbus shares blame for soured deal amid corruption scandal

Airbus Industrie, which made a controversial sale of A350 aircraft to loss-making state-run SriLankan Airlines which it ...

October 13, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines in accommodation deal with Booking.com

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it has entered into a partnership with Booking.com, the world’s largest acc...

September 20, 2017 1 min read

European airlines consolidating amid low cost pressure

A dogfight over the assets of troubled Alitalia and Air Berlin heralds a new shake-up in the European airline industry -...

August 27, 2017 4 min read

Switzerland's Dufry gets second Sri Lanka airport duty free concession

Sri Lanka will award a five year duty free retail concession at the main airport in Colombo to Dufy AG of Switzerland, C...

August 23, 2017 1 min read
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SriLankan Airlines says cracking down on costly human trafficking

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s national carrier SriLankan Airlines said it has been cracking down on human smuggling a...

August 15, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka state airline to be monitored quarterly

The performance of state-run SriLankan Airlines will be monitored quarterly under an International Monetary Fund-backed ...

August 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Expolanka June net up 12-pct, margins under pressure

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Holdings said June 2017 quarter net profit rose 12 percent to 204 million rup...

August 8, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines crew put out mobile battery pack fire

SriLankan Airlines crew had put out a potential fire from a smoking mobile battery pack, on a flight from India to Sri L...

July 31, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines daily non-stop flights to Guangzhou, Melbourne

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines will increase its destinations with new daily non-stop flights to Melbourne, Australia ...

July 19, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines enhances services for Chinese travelers

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it enhanced its services for customers in China, one of the fastest growing travel...

July 13, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka airport targets 10.5mn passengers in 2017

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's main international airport is targeting 10.5 million passengers in 2017, with 9.5 million pass...

July 10, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines says new management trainees hired in unbiased, transparent way

ECONOMYNEXT –SriLankan Airlines said it had recruited 20 new management trainees, selected in an unbiased, fully ...

July 10, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines flies Visakhapatnam, India

SriLankan Airlines, the top foreign carrier to India, said it has started flying to Visakhapatnam in Andra Pradesh from ...

July 7, 2017 1 min read

President likely to sack SriLankan airline board

President Maithripala Sirisena is tipped to sack the board of directors of Sri Lanka’s national carrier, but is ...

Our Political Correspondent
June 22, 2017 2 min read