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SriLankan Airlines US$175mn bond downgraded to C by Fitch

The 7 percent bond issued by SriLankan matures in 2024 and carries a government guarantee

April 14, 2022 4 min read

SriLankan Airlines seeks to lease up to 21 aircraft

The business plan of the airline necessitates a 35-aircraft-strong fleet by 2025

April 14, 2022 2 min read

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

Sri Lanka's China-backed port visited by Defence Attachés

USA, Maldives, France, Germany, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland

March 20, 2022 1 min read
Fire on MSC Capetown III doused at Sri Lanka's Colombo port

Shipping minister calls for investigation to the fire

IndiGo Airlines to commence daily flights to Sri Lanka's Jaffna

Non-stop daily flights between the southern Indian city of Chennai and Jaffna

CM Port on negative rating watch after Sri Lanka deal

China Merchant Ports (CM Port), port has been put on negative rating watch by S&P, a rating agency after the firm announ...

July 31, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines crew put out mobile battery pack fire

SriLankan Airlines crew had put out a potential fire from a smoking mobile battery pack, on a flight from India to Sri L...

July 31, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka road crash study highlights need for tougher enforcement

ECONOMYNEXT – A study of road crashes on two Sri Lankan highways has called for tougher enforcement of the law si...

Rohan Gunasekera
July 28, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to ink Hambantota port deal with China Saturday: PM

Sri Lanka will go ahead with singing a deal to sell Hambantota port to China Saturday Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasieng...

July 28, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka finalises $1.12 bn port deal with China

AFP - Sri Lanka's government Tuesday approved the sale to China of a majority stake in a loss-making but strategically-s...

July 25, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan road transport planners develop low cost traffic forecast

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan road transport planners have developed a new method to forecast future demand for road u...

July 20, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines daily non-stop flights to Guangzhou, Melbourne

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines will increase its destinations with new daily non-stop flights to Melbourne, Australia ...

July 19, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan logistics experts push for professionalism in transport planning

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan logistics professionals are pushing for a more scientific approach to transport planning...

July 19, 2017 4 min read

SriLankan Airlines enhances services for Chinese travelers

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it enhanced its services for customers in China, one of the fastest growing travel...

July 13, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority lost Rs572mn in first four months of 2017

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) made a loss of 572 million rupees in the first four months of this year a...

July 13, 2017 1 min read
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Sri Lanka airport targets 10.5mn passengers in 2017

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's main international airport is targeting 10.5 million passengers in 2017, with 9.5 million pass...

July 10, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines says new management trainees hired in unbiased, transparent way

ECONOMYNEXT –SriLankan Airlines said it had recruited 20 new management trainees, selected in an unbiased, fully ...

July 10, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines loses Rs9.5bn in four months

Sri Lanka's state-run SriLankan Airlines has lost 9.52 billion rupees in the first four months of 2017, up 55 percent fr...

July 8, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines flies Visakhapatnam, India

SriLankan Airlines, the top foreign carrier to India, said it has started flying to Visakhapatnam in Andra Pradesh from ...

July 7, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s CICT voted best container terminal

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has been voted the Best Contain...

July 5, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Rajagiriya flyover work speeds up

ECONOMYNEXT – Work on a flyover meant to ease traffic jams on the most congested corridor to Sri Lanka’s c...

July 4, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka port deal will ease pressure on rupee: shipping minister

ECONOMYNEXT – A deal to lease Sri Lanka’s southern Hambantota harbour to a Chinese firm will have economy-...

July 3, 2017 2 min read

Hambantota deal acceptable to both parties ready: Sri Lanka port minister

ECONOMYNEXT – An agreement with China Merchants Port Holdings to run Sri Lanka’s southern Hambantota port ...

July 1, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka vehicle registrations weak, tipper truck imports up

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's vehicle registrations recovered in May but remained weak compared with last year owing to high...

June 28, 2017 2 min read

President likely to sack SriLankan airline board

President Maithripala Sirisena is tipped to sack the board of directors of Sri Lanka’s national carrier, but is ...

Our Political Correspondent
June 22, 2017 2 min read