Tag: SriLankan Airlines
SriLankan Airlines leads fam trips to rebuild travel demand
Fam trips for tour operators have been deployed by SriLankan Airlines as a tool to demonstrate the country’s readiness for tourism, with a series...
Pilot shortage mars SriLankan Airlines’ route to recovery
A departure of pilots has befallen SriLankan Airlines just as plans to increase frequencies to existing destinations unfold.
During a media briefing late last week,...
SriLankan Airlines seeks foreign investor
Sri Lanka is planning to offer a 49 per cent ownership and management stake in its loss-making national carrier to cut losses and transform...
SriLankan Airlines’ free flights draw strong interest
National carrier SriLankan Airlines' buy-one-get-one-free offer for passengers from India and Russia is seeing encouraging interest, particularly from the Indian market.
Airline officials revealed that...
Sri Lanka delays international airport’s reopening
Sri Lanka is delaying by two weeks the August 1 scheduled reopening of Colombo International Airport for commercial traffic, as the government prioritises the...
SriLankan Airlines implements pay cut
SriLankan Airlines is effecting a pay cut for all staff as it suspends all flights from April 8 to April 21, in response to...
Former SriLankan Airlines CEO nabbed over Airbus bribery scam
Sri Lankan authorities have ordered the arrest of the former CEO of national carrier, SriLankan Airlines (SLA), and his wife after they were implicated...
SriLankan Airlines hit by wave of cancellations after bomb attacks
As SriLankan Airlines grapples with a flood of cancellations in the wake of the Easter Sunday bombings, its chief executive is expecting a revenue...
Sri Lanka’s tourism sector in C-suite shake-up
Sri Lanka last week made two significant decisions impacting on its emerging tourism market, appointing a new head to its state tourism promotion agency...
Imperative to protect struggling national carrier: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is supportive of an open skies policy, but not at the expense of its struggling national carrier, the country's aviation minister Nimal...
