SriLankan exit this week: Emirates boss
June 07, 2010 (LBO) – Emirates could sign the deal to sell 43.
6 percent of SriLankan, Sri Lanka’s national carrier this week, its president Tim Clarke was quoted as saying in a media report.
“I was in Colombo last week to discuss the sale,” Clarke was quoted as saying by Emirates Business, a Dubai based news portal.
“We’re hoping that in the week starting Monday the deal would be closed.
“So probably during the course of this week, the sale would be concluded.
” Clarke did not disclose a sale price but, Sri Lanka government sources had indicated a price of around 55 million dollars for the stake.