Category: Shipping and Transport

Jet Airways and Air Sahara are closing strategic deals with international airlines in a bid to smoothen their global take-off.Jet Airways and Air Sahara are closing strategic deals with international airlines in a bid to smoothen their global take-off. While Jet Airways has forged an alliance with South African Airways (SAA) to boost business and […]

Private bus fares will go up by around 15 percent from October 1, in response to the government’s decision to raise diesel prices by Rs.8.00 last Friday. Private bus fares will go up by around 15 percent from October 1, in response to the government’s decision to raise diesel prices by Rs. 8.00 last Friday. […]

A campaign to re-route Galle Road traffic has hit a red light, with the Colombo Traffic Police Div., looking for more time to shape up its plans.A campaign to re-route Galle Road traffic has hit a red light, with the Colombo Traffic Police Div., looking for more time to shape up its plans. The Colombo […]

The Transport Ministry is mooting changes to the century old Railway Ordinance, to resurrect it once the new Railway Authority Act is repelled.The Transport Ministry is mooting changes to the century old Railway Ordinance, to resurrect it once the new Railway Authority Act is repelled. “The draft to repeal the Sri Lanka Railway Authority Act […]

Sri Lanka has won three additional air frequencies to Japan, under the recently concluded ministerial meetings.Since Japan’s Narita airport is nearing capacity, the Japanese Aviation authorities have allowed three additional frequencies to Kansai Airport, Osaka (the industrial city of Japan), the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry said Friday. Japanese arrivals last year were around 17,000 and […]

A Cabinet paper to clear India’s Telemetro Rail Corp., (TRC) to carry out a feasibility study on a proposed light transit rail is due before policy makers shortly. Western Region Development Ministry says its is working with the Highways Ministry and the Ministry of Transport to draft the Cabinet paper to clear TRC to carry […]

SriLankan Airlines inked a collective bargaining pact with its cabin crew endings months of hard bargaining, which included a lightening strike in May.SriLankan Airlines inked a collective bargaining pact with its cabin crew endings months of hard bargaining, which included a lightening strike in May. The national carrier’s 650 strong unionised cabin crew, took just […]

Rising profits from passenger sales, catering, ground handling and an accounting standards change helped SriLankan Airlines buck the international trend and show a 75 percent profit jump last year.Rising profits from passenger sales, catering, ground handling and an accounting standards change helped SriLankan Airlines buck the international trend and show a 75 percent profit jump […]

Sri Lanka has been given extra landing rights to Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, under the recently concluded bilateral talks.Sri Lanka has been given extra landing rights to Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, under the recently concluded bilateral talks. Under the new terms, the UAE has allowed 45 passenger frequencies per week to […]

Sri Lanka has been given extra landing rights to Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, under the recently concluded bilateral talks.Sri Lanka has been given extra landing rights to Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, under the recently concluded bilateral talks. Under the new terms, the UAE has allowed 45 passenger frequencies per week to […]

Sri Lanka has opted to set up a common air-sea cargo facility, with an initial proposal on the project due in November.Sri Lanka has opted to set up a common air-sea cargo facility, with an initial proposal on the project due in November. Minister of Ports and Aviation Mangala Samaraweera told Lanka Business Online that […]

Traffic at the High Level and Kohuwala junctions in Nugegoda will fly over from 2007, with the Cabinet approving a Rs.600 mn project. Traffic at the High Level and Kohuwala junctions in Nugegoda will fly over from 2007, with the Cabinet approving a Rs. 600 mn project. The three year fly over project is one […]