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SriLankan Airlines reports profit in December 2021

Profits at air transportation level

January 11, 2022 2 min read

SriLankan to operate codeshare flights with American Airlines

Adds Dallas-Fort Worth to route network

January 10, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka to investigate private domestic carrier after emergency landings

A Sakurai-owned light aircraft made two emergency landings in one week owing to technical failures.

December 28, 2021 2 min read

SriLanka Airlines loses Rs24.8bn from April to July 2021

Airline had a seat factor of 20-pct

November 29, 2021 1 min read
SriLankan Airlines regrets for flight delays to and from London

SriLankan flights have faced some delays in the recent past in both Colombo and foreign airports

Supreme Global Holdings with Qatar, India investors, bids for SriLankan

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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
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Transparent bids for Sri Lanka airport duty free shops

ECONOMYNEXT – Companies wanting to operate duty free shops at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airpo...

January 28, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines starts thrice-weekly non-stop flights to Guangzhou

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines is introducing thrice weekly non-stop flights from Guangzhou to Colombo from January 20...

January 28, 2016 2 min read

Emirates announces fifth daily flight to Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT –Emirates Airline said it plans to introduce an additional daily service between Dubai and Colombo in...

January 27, 2016 1 min read

Qatar Airways in biggest ever promotion

ECONOMYNEXT - Doha, Qatar based, Qatar Airways said it had started the biggest promotion in its its history giving disco...

January 13, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines retires last Airbus A340

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines, the first Asian airline to operate the four-engine Airbus A340 aircraft, said it has r...

January 7, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's state airline may have to cancel A350 orders: Minister

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's state-run SriLankan Airlines may have to cancel some of the Airbus A350 aircraft ordered by th...

December 29, 2015 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines operates special flight to replace damaged plane

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it dispatched a special flight from Colombo to Bangkok Wednesday morning to bring ...

December 23, 2015 1 min read

In-flight news updates from SriLankan Airlines

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it has begun offering live news updates while in flight on the latest Thales Avant...

December 21, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka to buy new flight information management system

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will call international bids for a new fight information management system, cabinet spokesman Mi...

December 18, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka mulls relaxing airspace restrictions

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is considering relaxing air space restrictions slapped during wartime as part of an overall avia...

December 14, 2015 1 min read