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Qatar Airways resumes fifth daily flight to Sri Lanka

Qatar Airways becomes the first operator to resume pre-pandemic level daily flights

February 25, 2022 1 min read

UAE removes rapid PCR requirement for travellers from Sri Lanka, other countries

A six-hour rapid PCR test was required for passengers departing from countries in the region.

February 23, 2022 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines pilots on industrial action over 189 dollar rate, salary cuts

There is gap between official and unofficial exchange rates

February 15, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka's fuel crisis will not impact aviation services: minister

Steps have been taken to ensure the services provided to SriLankan Airlines are never disrupted, the minister said.

January 20, 2022 1 min read
Pakistan Air Sial flights to Sri Lanka likely to lower ticket prices: Envoy

Sri Lanka does not have direct flight to Islamabad yet.

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
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SriLankan Airlines to boost internet bookings to 20-percent over year

ECONOMYNEXT - State-run SriLankan Airlines is planning to double internet bookings to 20 percent of total sales over the...

April 7, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka airport to double capacity with Japanese aid

ECONOMYNEXT – Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a deal to lend Sri Lanka 56 billion rupees...

March 28, 2016 2 min read

Colossal SriLankan Airlines losses, Airbus deal, a financial crime: Minister

ECONOMYNEXT - Colossal losses that state-run SriLankan Airlines was made to suffer since ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa ...

March 24, 2016 4 min read

SriLankan Airlines not able to repay debt: Prime Minister

ECONOMYNEXT - State-run SriLankan Airlines will not be able to service its debt and the government will have to decide w...

March 23, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka leaders covet Airbus VIP suite for themselves: ex-President

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa charged that the island's new leaders also wanted a four millio...

March 1, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines to axe Rome, boost Middle East, China

ECONOMYNEXT - State-run SriLankan Airlines will axe its loss-making run to Rome and boost frequencies to China, India an...

February 15, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka mulls closing Ratmalana airport

ECONOMYNEXT - A plan to make Sri Lanka's capital Colombo into 'Megapolis' of 9 million people has proposed developing a ...

February 15, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka state airline reviewing Airbus A350 deal; criminal probe on

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is reviewing a deal to acquire eight airbus A350 aircraft which was to be deployed on loss-makin...

February 10, 2016 2 min read

Japan’s SG Holdings ups stake in Sri Lanka logistics group

ECONOMYNEXT – Japan’s SG Holdings said it has raised its stake in Expolanka Holdings, a Sri Lankan logisti...

February 2, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka airport wraps up US$600mn Japan funding for expansion

ECONOMYNEXT - State-run Sri Lanka Airport and Aviation Services Ltd, is expected to call bids for a new terminal buildin...

February 1, 2016 2 min read