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Aeroflot grounding lands Sri Lanka in diplomatic spat with Russia

Foreign Ministry say the matter is being considered through diplomatic channels

June 4, 2022 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines loses Rs170bn in 2021 amid soft-peg collapse

In the year to March 2022 finance costs went up to Rs122.5bn Rs35.6bn and unrealized forex losses were Rs47.7bn

June 4, 2022 2 min read

Aeroflot suspends Sri Lanka commercial flights

Empty flights to take back passengers

June 4, 2022 1 min read

Loss making SriLankan completes MRO service for Oman's Salam Air

SriLankan Airline's losses have accumulated to 372 billion rupees by end March 2021.

June 3, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka to hold key security units in airport deal with India-Russia consortium

Sri Lanka will stop losses from Mattala Airport after Indian-Russian consortium starts operation

Sri Lanka may consider other options for SriLankan Airlines: Finance Minister

Sri Lanka may consider other transparent options to find a partner for state-run SriLankan Airlines if the government de...

January 13, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka mulls airline, business class check in to ease airport congestion

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is considering introducing a separate business class check-in and allowing passenger chec...

January 10, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines punctuality improving

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it has begun to be consistently ranked among the most punctual international airli...

December 21, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka Airport SOE takes Rs3.5bn hit from rupee fall

Sri Lanka's state-run Airport and Aviation Services Ltd (AASL) has been hit a 3.5 billion rupee exchange loss due to a f...

December 20, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines begin flights to Addu Atoll, Maldives

State-run SriLankan Airlines began flying four times a week to Gan Island, in the Addu Atoll of Maldives becoming the fi...

December 1, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka calls for private investors to set up internal airline service

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government is to invite private investors to set up an internal airline service ...

November 30, 2016 1 min read

KLM Royal Dutch resumes Sri Lanka flights

ECONOMYNEXT - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it has resumed flights to Sri Lanka on November 1 after nearly two decades, ...

November 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Sept net down 39-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Holdings PLC said September 2016 quarter group net profit fell 39 perc...

November 8, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan employs some staff of grounded budget carrier

State-run SriLankan Airlines had employed 50 cabin crew from Mihin Lanka, a loss-making vanity airline started by ex-Pre...

November 7, 2016 1 min read

Investors only, no airlines seeking to buy SriLankan Airlines

Sri Lanka is likely to end up with narrow shortlist of about 'two or three' investors out of about eight who expressed i...

November 1, 2016 1 min read
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SriLankan Airlines top foreign carrier to India with 106 flights a week

State-run SriLankan Airlines had added 11 new destinations including Gan in the Maldives, Seychelles, Bangladesh, Indone...

October 31, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines bans Samsung Note 7 phones on board

State-run SriLankan Airlines said it had banned the use and carriage of 'Samsung Note 7' phones on its aircraft.

October 18, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines says ready for new partner

State-run SriLankan Airlines is ready for a new private partner chosen from an ongoing negotiation process, as it cuts l...

October 6, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka Airlines to lease 6 Airbus A320NEOs; boost narrow body fleet

Sri Lanka's state-run SriLankan Airlines will take delivery of six Airbus A320NEO aircraft over 2017 and 2018, expanding...

October 5, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines to fly to Gan Island, Maldives

SriLankan Airlines will begin flying to Gan Island in the Maldives from this winter, Chief Executive Suren Ratwatte said...

October 5, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Airlines losses Rs11.50bn in year to March; cuts operating loss to Aug

State-run SriLankan Airlines had lost Rs16.3 billion, including one-off items, but operating losses had been cut to Rs9....

October 5, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines cancels orders for four Airbus A350: Finance Minister

State-run SriLankan Airlines had cancelled orders for four Airbus A350 aircraft ordered during the ousted Rajapaksa regi...

October 5, 2016 1 min read

Himalaya Airlines direct flights to boost Nepal Sri Lanka economic links

The start of direct flights by Himalaya Airlines to Colombo from Nepal will boost economic links and tourism, Sri Lanka'...

October 1, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines starts flights to Lahore

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it will start services between Lahore, the second largest metropolitan area in Pak...

September 26, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines bans exploding Samsung phones

State-run SriLankan Airlines said it had banned the use or charging of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on its flights follo...

September 15, 2016 1 min read