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SriLankan Airlines suspends flights to Russia from March 28

"SriLankan will continue to monitor the situation in Russia, and hopes to restart operations once conditions improve."

March 28, 2022 1 min read

Maldivian to fly to Sri Lanka's Ratmalana airport

First international flights to Ratmalana in 50 years

March 11, 2022 1 min read

SriLankan partners with Manta Air to connect Maldives tourist islands

Partnering with Manta Air will create new opportunities of travel for our valuable customers - SriLankan

March 7, 2022 2 min read

No PCR tests for Sri Lanka bound travelers from March 01: SriLankan

Fully vaccinated travellers are those who had taken a second dose at least two week before departure

February 28, 2022 2 min read
SriLankan Airlines bidders being further evaluated: Minister

Sri Lanka "would like to see a Sri Lankan entrepreneur or consortium" buying into the airline

Cabinet nod for developing Sri Lanka's World War II-era Hingurakkogda airbase

In early April, the minister said Sri Lanka plans to revamp the Hingurakgoda airport to an international airport.

Sri Lanka seeks investors for SriLankan Airlines; BNP Paribas, KPMG advisors

Sri Lanka has called offers from strategic investors to sell loss-making SrLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka, with BNP Par...

July 7, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka airports authority operational profit up 25-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Operational profit at Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd (AASL), which runs the islandâ...

July 5, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka calls investors to run Mattala international airport

Sri Lanka has called for expressions of interest from domestic and international companies to invest and operate Mattala...

July 3, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines to stop Paris, Frankfurt flights from November

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it will be suspending its operations to Paris and Frankfurt, from winter 2016 to a...

June 27, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Mihin Lanka losses total Rs17bn

Sri Lanka's state-run carrier Mihin Lanka has lost 17 billion rupees over the past seven year, and has received a 15 bil...

June 27, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines, Qatar Airways codeshare improves connectivity

ECONOMYNEXT - Qatar Airways and SriLankan Airlines, both members of the oneworld alliance, have strengthened their coope...

June 7, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines joins global crackdown on illegal wildlife trade

ECONOMYNEXT – SriLankan Airlines has joined a worldwide drive to crackdown on illegal global trade in wildlife by...

June 6, 2016 2 min read

Expolanka March quarter net down 31-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Expolanka Holdings PLC said March 2016 quarter net profit fell 31% to 150 million rupees from a year ago.

June 2, 2016 2 min read

Departing CEO says Malaysia Airlines on the mend, coy on next move

DUBLIN, June 1 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Malaysia Airlines, turnaround specialist Christoph Mueller, said he wa...

June 2, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines expands aviation training franchise; eyes Seychelles

ECONOMYENXT - SriLankan Aviation College, a unit of state-run SriLankan Airlines, said its franchise schools will be exp...

May 24, 2016 1 min read
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Sri Lanka air cargo growing fast

ECONOMYNEXT – Air cargo handled by SriLankan Airlines, the monopoly cargo handler at Sri Lanka’s internati...

May 20, 2016 2 min read

EgyptAir jet vanishes after mid-air plunge over Mediterranean

CAIRO/ATHENS, May 19 (Reuters) - An EgyptAir jet carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo disappeared from ra...

May 20, 2016 6 min read

Sri Lanka's Mattala airport handles 2739 passengers in 2015

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Chinese built aiport in Mattala in Hambantota handled 2,379 passengers in 2015 down from 20,47...

May 16, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka central govt need not take-over all of SriLankan Airlines debt: Minister

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's central government is not likely to take-over all debt of loss-making SriLankan Airlines but t...

May 15, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's debt-laden airline to sell four new Airbus planes

COLOMBO, May 10 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's debt-ridden national airline will sell four new Airbus A350s, a government minis...

May 10, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines lost Rs8.9 billion in 2015/16

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's state-run SriLankan Airlines had lost Rs8.9 billion in the year to March 2016, down from Rs16....

May 10, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka govt to take-over SriLankan debt; seek managing investor: PM

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's government will strengthen the balance sheet of debt-ridden SriLankan Airlines by taking over ...

April 26, 2016 1 min read

Singapore detains SriLankan Airlines passengers, orders flight back

ECONOMYNEXT – Singapore has detained five passengers on board a SriLankan Airlines flight Thursday after ordering...

April 15, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines flight in emergency landing at Bangkok

ECONOMYNEXT – SriLankan Airlines said a flight from Thailand to Colombo on April 7, 2016 with 263 passengers retu...

April 8, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines looking to sub-lease Airbus A350s

ECONOMYNEXT - State-run SriLankan Airlines is in talks to sub-lease three Airbus A350 aircraft it is has to take deliver...

April 7, 2016 1 min read