SriLankan flight experiences turbulence, minor injuries to crew

June 18, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state airline, SriLankan Airlines’ Colombo bound flight UL 564 from Paris had experienced a turbulent weather conditions over the Arabian Sea, close to India, landed safely at BIA this morning, the airline said in a statement.The Aircraft was an Airbus 330-200. SriLankan says the flight was carrying 193 […]

Sri Lanka needs out of the box thinking to face airline industry challenges: SriLankan CEO

June 3, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state run airline needs to think out of the box to keep up with rapidly changing industry trends, the new Chief Executive of the national carrier, SriLankan Airlines said.“Discerning customer expectations have started revolving around the unique and innovative airline and aviation related products that service-providers have to […]

Sri Lanka to develop BIA infrastructure facilities with Rs49bn of Japan funding

May 28, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plan to the develop essential infrastructure facilities of Bandaranaike International Airport with Japan funding of 48,969 million rupees, cabinet spokesperson said.It is expected to double the annual passenger handling capacities of the airport from the current volume of 7.4 million to 15 million by the year 2020.In this […]