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Aviation

Sri Lanka to sell 49-percent stake of national carrier's catering, ground-handling units

The airline has racked up losses of 372 billion rupees since management control was taken from Emirates in 2009.

August 29, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka to cut damage payments to passengers by domestic airlines

Montreal Convention had set a limit of around 60mn per passenger for death or injury

August 23, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka jet fuel shortages costing SriLankan Airlines US$7mmn a month

To carry the extra fuel, we can't carry all the freight we like to into the country

August 14, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka pro-govt legislator calls for privatisation of SriLankan Airlines

“We are a broken nation and we all need to get together and [uplift] the broken nation."

August 12, 2022 2 min read
SriLankan Airlines changes London route after Israel attack; carries extra fuel

Iran's missile attack on Israel has threatened escalation of fighting in the Middle East

Policy decision on SriLankan Airlines restructure to be taken after elections

Attempts to find a buyer for the airline so far has failed.

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
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Air India to fly direct from Varanasi to Sri Lanka's Colombo from August: Modi

ECONOMYNEXT – Air India will operate direct flights between the Sri Lankan capital Colombo and the Buddhist pilgr...

May 12, 2017 1 min read

Airline partners sought for SriLankan after TPG drops out

Sri Lanka will negotiate directly with airlines in a bid to find a strategic partner after TPG, a US-based private equit...

May 6, 2017 2 min read

TPG turns away from Sri Lanka state airline

TPG, a US based private equity firm that was in talks to invest in state-run SriLankan Airlines had decided not to inves...

May 5, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines releases partial data on losses in 2016

State-run SriLankan Airlines has released data of some of the losses it made during 2016 saying 6.49 billion rupees befo...

May 5, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Mattala airport handles 4,700 passengers in 2016

The Mattala International Airport, designed and built by China with interest-bearing loans serviced by Sri Lanka, has ha...

May 3, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines revises flight times over Indian airspace closure

SrILankan Airlines has changed the arrival and departure times of several flights overflying India on April 27 due to th...

April 26, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan, Japan Airlines expand codeshare, add new routes

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it is strengthening its presence in the Japanese travel market through the expansi...

April 11, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines flights back to normal after airport re-opens on April 07

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines will resume normal operations throughout its global route network from 7th April 2017, ...

April 5, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines partner may be in place by year end

A partner to turn around Sri Lanka's loss-making state carrier may be in place by the end of the year, with private equi...

March 21, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka wants boost daily flights by 60-pct, reduce costs

Sri Lanka leisure sector wants to boost daily flights to the country to 130 a day from the current 80 and cut costs, the...

March 17, 2017 1 min read