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Sri Lanka calls EOI to build flying training school at Eastern airport

Five hectares will be allocated on a 30-year lease for the flying training institute

October 1, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka budget carrier Fits Air to take wing on Oct 05

We need to show that an airline can be run well when privatized

September 26, 2022 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines to sponsor air tickets for children in need of overseas medical care

A doctor or specialist must issue a letter on the patient’s condition

September 19, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka Airlines billion dollar debt to be trimmed before sale

SriLankan has debt and arrears of US$1,046bn

August 30, 2022 2 min read
Riyadh-bound Sri Lankan Airline returns after mid-air technical issue

SriLankan flight have faced several technical issues in recent past

Sarath Ganegoda appointed SriLankan Airlines Chairman

A new board of directors has also been appointed for the state-owned airline.

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 ...

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June 22, 2017 2 min read
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Emirates has no plans to acquire Sri Lanka airline: report

Dubai-based Emirates, a one-time equity partner of Sri Lanka's state-run carrier, said it had no plans acquire the airli...

June 20, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines says 1250 staff left and were replaced

State-run SriLankan Airlines says 1,250 appointments reportedly made by its current Board were to replace staff who left...

June 16, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines adds flights to southern India

ECONOMYNEXT – SriLankan Airlines will launch services to three more southern Indian cities – Hyderabad, Vi...

June 13, 2017 1 min read

International logistics experts join Sri Lanka’s EFL to guide global expansion

ECONOMYNEXT – EFL, part of Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Group, now owned by Japan’s SG Holdings, has added...

June 12, 2017 2 min read

Qatar Airways operations normal, extra charters

Qatar Airways' operations are normal and extra charter flight have been arranged to destinations to take stranded passen...

June 8, 2017 1 min read

More SriLankan Airlines flights to Gulf mooted after Qatar crisis

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ravi Karunanayake has suggested the national carrier...

June 7, 2017 2 min read

Drunk said to be Sri Lankan national disrupts Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne

A Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourned to Kuala Lumpur was forced to turn back after a passenger dried to enter the ...

June 1, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan expands network to Yangon in deal with Myanmar Airways

ECONOMYNEXT – SriLankan Airlines will expand its network to Yangon in a codeshare partnership with Myanmar Airway...

May 30, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Expolanka March net profit up 70-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Holdings said March 2017 quarter net profit rose 70% to Rs255 million from a ...

May 30, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines to fly direct to Melbourne

State-run SriLankan Airlines will fly to Melbourne, Australia, daily from October targeting ethnic and international tra...

May 29, 2017 1 min read