State-run SriLankan Airlines had lost 170 billion rupees in 2021 and its accumulated losses had risen to 542 billion rupees, a Finance Ministry report said despite the national career improving its performance in the last quarter.
SriLankan Airline’s revenue fell to 71 billion rupees in 2020 in the Coronavirus pandemic triggering a 45 billion rupee loss.
In 2021 revenues grew to 134.6 billion rupees as foreign travel was gradually relaxed.