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India's Vistara Airlines resumes Sri Lanka flights

The airline will expand to daily operations between Delhi and Mumbai

November 20, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka Airport Aviation Services loses Rs1.7bn in Covid-19

In 2019 without Covid AASL made profits of 15.2 billion rupees.

November 19, 2021 1 min read

Air France starts Sri Lanka flights from November

Air France returns after 27 years

November 6, 2021 2 min read

Swiss International Airlines resumes Sri Lanka flights

Swiss Air will fly to Colombo every Friday

November 5, 2021 2 min read
SriLankan to codeshare with Air Seychelles to Africa

New codeshare will expand travel options for passengers from Australia to Africa

Sri Lanka's Mattala Airport to be managed by India, Russia companies

Management of MRIA awarded to Russia-India joint venture on a 30-year contract

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
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Sri Lanka's Mattala airport to offer aircraft parking

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka will soon offer aircraft parking services from the country's second international airport in Matt...

December 11, 2015 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines resumes flights to Chennai

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it will resume operations to Chennai International Airport tomorrow following its ...

December 7, 2015 1 min read

Chennai airport closure forces SriLankan Airlines to cancel more flights

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it has been compelled to cancel more flights after Indian aviation authorities an...

December 5, 2015 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines to split business, offer VRS

ECONOMYNEXT – SriLankan Airlines aims to split its operating model, placing its engineering and ground handling u...

December 4, 2015 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines cancels more flights to Chennai

ECONOMYNEXT – SriLankan Airlines has cancelled fourteen more flights between Colombo and Chennai because of the e...

December 3, 2015 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines to ditch ‘vanity’ routes

ECONOMYNEXT – SriLankan Airlines will stop flying on ‘vanity’ routes and pull out of markets it can�...

December 3, 2015 2 min read

SriLankan flights to Chennai suspended after floods

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said four flight to Chennai was suspended on December 03 after the airport was closed d...

December 2, 2015 1 min read

Malaysia's Malindo Air to fly to Sri Lanka's Colombo from Dec 18

ECONOMYNEXT - Malaysia-based low cost carrier will start a daily service to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo from December 18...

December 1, 2015 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines mulls joint venture with foreign airline

ECONOMYNEXT – SriLankan Airlines aims to enter into a joint venture with a foreign airline, possibly Middle Easte...

December 1, 2015 2 min read

Oman Air seeks partnership with Srilankan Airlines

ECONOMYNEXT – Oman Air is keen on a partnership with SriLankan Airlines with which it now has a code share arran...

November 30, 2015 1 min read
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