Sri Lanka suspends internal flights for security reasons
July 30, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan authorities plan to suspend domestic flights to northern Jaffna later this week for the duration of a summit of south Asian …
July 30, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan authorities plan to suspend domestic flights to northern Jaffna later this week for the duration of a summit of south Asian …
July 28, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's ports and aviation ministry has stopped work on a controversial new international airport in the island's south and decided …
July 23, 2008 (LBO) - Best Air, a private Bangladeshi carrier, will start direct flights from Dhaka to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo catering to growing …
July 22, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan Airlines plans to reduce flights to cut costs amid soaring fuel prices but said the new schedule would not affect key …
July 2, 2008 (LBO) - The United Arab Emirates has started a new budget airline branded 'FlyDubai', but the carrier would be run separately from the …
June 28, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, will re-introduce a fuel surcharge to cover rising jet fuel costs, the airline said …
June 26, 2008 (LBO) - The passenger and cargo operations of Emirates in Sri Lanka have won two of the carrier's global performance awards in 2007-08, the …
NEW DELHI, June 26, 2008 (AFP) - An Air India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken out …
June 25, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines, the island's national carrier, said it has increased flights to the Middle East to support government moves to …
June 10, 2008 (LBO) – Dubai-based Emirates is starting the first ever commercial Airbus A380 service to the Americas with a 14-hour non-stop flight to …
May 30, 2008 (LBO) Sri Lanka's grounded state-run budget airline has sought an 800,000 dollar cash infusion from the Treasury and may be merged with the …
May 21, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines technical training has completed the training of over 40 foreign and local students in aircraft engineering and …
May 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines has appointed Manoj Gunawardene, the airlines former head of worldwide sales as chief executive, the company …
May 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's state-run budget carrier has suspended operations indefinitely because of a lack of planes, an aviation official said Sunday. …
May 02, 2008 (LBO) – Dubai's Emirates Airlines, which owns a big stake in Sri Lanka's national carrier, has reported group net profits increased 54.1 …
April 30, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines is giving a 25 percent discount for state-workers and their families who go abroad, the state-run national …
April 25, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines has canceled several flights to the Indian subcontinent as more than a dozen pilots reported sick, officials …
April 21, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines and Mihin Air would be commercially run together after new chief executives take-over but the two airlines …
April 03, 2008 (LBO) – Emirates airlines said it had started first class services to Sri Lanka on selected flights after it started operating new Boeing …
April 01, 2008 (LBO) – Emirates airlines said it had non-stop services to Cape Town in South Africa from its hub in Dubai, cutting travel time for …