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Enter Air to start regular flights to Sri Lanka from Oct. 30

Enter Air is the fourth airline to launch operation to Sri Lanka this week

October 29, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 304.10/20 to US dollar, longer bond yields down

Sri Lanka rupee had depreciated steadily over 2025 amid record current account surpluses

October 29, 2025 3 min read

Three foreign airlines start operations in Sri Lanka ahead of peak tourism season

Three airlines are from Switzerland, Russia, and Belarus

October 28, 2025 2 min read

MV Integrity Star adrift in the Indian Ocean after Sri Lanka Navy rescues crew

The crew was brought ashore to Hambantota Port

October 26, 2025 1 min read
Gulf carriers show no interest in Sri Lanka’s Chinese-built ghost airport: Minister

Sri Lanka requested all Gulf airlines to consider using Mattala airport

SriLankan sees 13-pct revenue increase following AI-led digital shift

SriLankan Airlines taps AI to boost yields, passenger revenue

Sri Lanka's FitsAir begins Colombo-Dhaka flights

FitsAir will initially operate two weekly flights Wednesday and Sunday on Dhaka-Colombo route with Airbus A320 aircraft

April 19, 2024 1 min read

Iran rescues 21 Sri Lanka sailors from storm tossed tanker

Cook Islands-flagged tanker had been caught in heavy storms

April 18, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka airport briefed on Boeing B777-9 operations

Boeing's B-777X models promises greater fuel efficiency w

April 15, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka to pilot pre-arrival processing of import shipments from May

"We plan on getting cargo information 48 hours before the departure of the ship from the foreign port,"

Apsara Rodrigo
April 10, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's China-backed port starts container transshipment amid Red Sea crisis

The boxes arrived from Rotterdam and will be taken to Dubai

April 9, 2024 2 min read
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KKS Port acquires Sri Lanka Cement Corp land

Kankasanthurai Port has acquired 23 acres and 12 perches of land belonging to Cement Corporation at 52 million rupees

April 9, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Access to complete substructure of halted airport terminal

The work will also address the issue of deterioration of steel reinforcements

April 9, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka to turn World War II-era Hingurakgoda air base to international airport

"Our final target is like Mattala and Palali to make this a dedicated airport for civil aviation."

April 5, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka container volumes surge 30-pct in Feb amid Red Sea troubles

Up to February 2024, transshipment volumes were up 27.2 percent

April 5, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka air passenger traffic up 40-pct in Jan-Feb

Tourists arriving by air had risen 104.65 percent to 452,532 in the first two months

April 3, 2024 1 min read
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SriLankan Airlines to lease four wide-body aircraft

Operating leases for 6 and 8 years

April 2, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Access Engineering wins work under airport expansion project

Identified work under BIADP Phase II

April 2, 2024 1 min read

Thai Airways resumes daily flights between Bangkok and Colombo

Thai Airways flights are operated daily

April 1, 2024 1 min read

Thailand explores Hambantota Port ahead of FTA, box handling

The port’s plans to commence its first phase of container operations was also discussed

April 1, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka port development taken new turn with China help: Prime Minister

"Colombo port will become a hub, a new developed port with financial instruments that could cater to new demands"

March 30, 2024 2 min read

Xi meets Sri Lanka PM as China eyes main Colombo airport development 

Prime Minister Gunawardena is on a six-day official visit to China

March 28, 2024 3 min read

EOIs to be called to select party to promote Sri lanka flagged ships

To promote the island as a location for registering merchant vessels.

March 26, 2024 1 min read

Thai Airways, Maldivian to resume Sri Lanka flights from April

The Maldivian will start twice weekly flights from April 25

March 22, 2024 1 min read

India Indigo to fly to Sri Lanka's Jaffna

India's Alliance Air already operates daily flights to Jaffna

March 21, 2024 1 min read
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SriLankan to fly daily to Seoul with Korean Air code share

The collaboration will allow SriLankan Airlines to access Korean Air’s far eastern network,

March 14, 2024 1 min read