Sri Lanka drops plan to sell Sri Lankan Airlines piecemeal

Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers had asked a newly set up state owned enterprise re-structuring unit to come up with recommendation on how to re-structure state-run Sri Lankan Airlines and its subsidiaries. Sri Lanka’s Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva had earlier suggested that Sri Lankan Catering and its ground handling units – the most […]

SriLankan Airlines to sponsor air tickets for children in need of overseas medical care

SriLankan Airlines, the island’s national carrier, has launched a CSR initiative to sponsor air tickets to children in need of overseas medical care. SriLankan Cares, the state-owned airline’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm, will provide tickets to patients certified by a medical doctor. A ticket will also be issued free of charge to one parent […]

Sri Lankan Airlines loses Rs248bn in four months after soft-peg collapse

Sri Lanka’s state-run SriLankan Airlines has lost 248 billion rupees up to April 2022 with most of it coming from the collapse of the currency

Sri Lanka finds way around CPC monopoly to end aviation fuel crunch: Minister

Sri Lanka is in discussions with suppliers to allow them to bring aviation fuel, stock them in state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s facilities and pay them later.

SriLankan Airlines loses Rs170bn in 2021 amid soft-peg collapse

State-run SriLankan Airlines had lost 170 billion rupees in 2021 and its accumulated losses had risen to 542 billion rupees.

Loss making SriLankan completes MRO service for Oman’s Salam Air

State-run SriLankan Airlines’ Engineering unit completed a Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) project to Salam Air, the budget airline of Oman.

SriLankan Airlines explains plan to lease newer used aircraft

SriLankan Airlines has explained the need to lease replacement aircraft with leases of a number of aircraft running out in the near future.