Category: Aviation
SriLankan Airlines to suspend all its flights from next Wednesday
Apr 01, 2020 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines is to temporarily suspend all its flights from 8 April 2020 to 21 April 2020 in view of the travel restrictions imposed by the destinations they operate to. Urgent statement from SriLankan Airlines Colombo 01 April 2020: We, at SriLankan Airlines, regret very much to inform our valued […]
Srilankan cancel flights to 31 destinations: Retains London, Melbourne, Chennai, Delhi & Narita
Mar 19, 2020 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has temporarily suspended services to several destinations following the partial shutdown of Bandaranayake International Airport. The full list follows: Kindly note SriLankan Airlines has cancelled following flights/destinations due to COVID-19 outbreak. hts/destinations due to COVID-19 outbreak. Kuwait (KWI) – from 07MAR to 28MAR Jedda (JED) – from 12MAR […]
Sri Lanka to stop all passenger arrivals from midnight tomorrow
Mar 17, 2020 (LBO) – The government has taken a decision to stop all passengers arriving in the country from midnight tomorrow (18) for a period of two weeks, said the Head of the National Operation Center for Prevention of COVID- 19 Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva. He said this during a media briefing […]
Clarification from SriLankan Airlines: Social media posts on London-Colombo flight
Mar 17, 2020 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines categorically refutes the contents of certain social media posts that are currently being circulated with regard to a flight operated from London to Colombo. The Airline emphasizes that the posts that state the Airline had facilitated a VIP flight to bring down stranded siblings of VIPs, is completely […]
Govt. bans arrivals from UK, Belgium and Norway
Mar 16, 2020 (LBO) – Arrivals form UK, Belgium and Norway have been banned for two weeks, a govenment statement said. This brings the list of countries banned to over 15. Any already enroute passengers will be subject to mandatory quarantine process. Prior to yesterday travel bans and visa restrictions for arrivals/nationals from Korea, Iran, […]
Travel ban imposed on all passengers from Iran, South Korea and Italy : CAA
Mar 13, 2020 (LBO) – The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) informed all airlines not to carry passengers to Sri Lanka from Italy, South Korea and Iran with effect from tomorow. Civil Aviation Director General H.M.C.Nimalsiri said the travel ban would be effective for two weeks. “This is to inform all online carriers and offline […]
SriLankan Airlines suspends flights to Kuwait : Qatar suspends travel to and from island
Mar 10, 2020 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has suspended its services between Sri Lanka and Kuwait from 6 March to 12 March. The move is following a decision by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Kuwait to temporarily suspend incoming flights from Bangladesh, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt for one week. […]
Women in the workforce and why it matters for Sri Lanka: World Bank
To mark this year’s International Women’s day, we’re discussing how Sri Lanka can benefit from more women joining the workforce and what can be done to improve their job prospects and remain at work. World Bank Country Director for Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka Dr. Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough was featured in a “Spotlight Series” interview with […]
Emirates introduces generous waiver policy
Mar 10, 2020 (LBO) – Emirates is providing customers more flexibility, choice and value through its newly introduced waiver policy for all booked tickets issued on or from 7 March until 31 March 2020, allowing customers across its network the choice of changing their travel dates without change and reissuance fees. The move provides Emirates’ […]
Emirates pays tribute to women with 120 female-directed films on board
Ten years after Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director for the movie Hurt Locker, Emirates, one of the world’s biggest screeners of movies, is paying tribute to women through the medium of film to mark International Women’s Day 2020. The airline will offer passengers a new folder on […]
Sri Lanka to sign MoU with India to develop Jaffna International Airport
Feb 20, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India to develop the Jaffna International Airport. The proposal made by the Minister of Tourism and Aviation in this regard has been approved by the Cabinet. Plans are already underway to develop the airport at Palaly while regional international […]
Valentine’s Day offer from SriLankan Airlines
SriLankan Airlines gives you an exciting way of celebrating Valentine’s Day this year with discounted fares of up to 25% off on Business class and 20% off on Economy class fares booked through the airline’s official website Srilankan.com. The discounted tickets can be booked on www.srilankan.com on the 13th and 14th February 2020. Tickets are […]