Domestic flights between Jaffna to Colombo will start from 01st of February 2020. Fits Air will start their operations with an ATR-72 according to a time schedule. As per the schedule the flights will operate every three days per week like Monday, Wednesday & Saturday. The flight will depart around 7.30 am from Rathmalana airport and …
Bandaranayake International Airport expansion project starts. Minister of Industrial Export, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prasanna Ranatunga said that the aim of this project is to minimize passenger traffic at the airport. The Katunayake International Airport will spend Rs. 600 million for this project. The Road Development Authority is implementing the project directly. Minister Ranatunga …
Colombo Airport- Ratmalana which is considered as the oldest international airport in the country has covered about 28, 000 flights in the last year and the country which obtained highest flight service was India, Chief Airport Manager – Colombo Airport, Ratmalana, Aruna Rajapaksha said. He said the airport was used by trainer aircraft, international business …
SriLankan Airlines will resume services to Frankfurt and Paris in the near future, State Minister of Tourism Promotion Affairs and Aviation, Arundika Fernando said. “We started the discussion with the Civil Aviation Sector to restart at least two flights from Germany and one of the destinations in Europe,” Fernando said whilst addressing a media conference …
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa this week instructed top officials to draw up a new target-oriented strategy to transform tourism into a $ 10 billion industry by 2025. He made these remarks at a discussion with ministers Prasanna Ranatunga, Arundika Fernando, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation Secretary S.M. Mohammed, State Ministry of Tourism Promotion Secretary S.S.S. …
The railway department will introduce a “Heritage Train” with wooden compartments to promote the tourism industry in the upcountry in the future, the Railways Chief Engineer Mechanical and Project Director Keerthi Hewavitharana said. He said the project was initiated as a concept of the Railways General Manager. This Super Luxury Train consisting of four wooden …
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau showcased Sri Lanka’s travel, tourism and hospitality industry at SATTE 2020 held in India. Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau in association with Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi organised Sri Lanka’s national pavilion at SATTE 2020, South Asia’s leading B2B travel and tourism event, held from 8-10 January …
Industrial Export, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Aviation Minister Prasanna Ranatunga chairs the meeting with officials Officials tasked with getting SriLankan on board to commence flights Other regional airlines to be asked, Minister promises concessional rates Reverting to development plan for H’tota proposed by earlier Govt. considered Possibility of development zone for Mattala deliberated Tourism and …
Port of Colombo Considers challenges faced by industry Highlights importance of building more capacity and improving Ease of Doing Business The Port of Colombo is ranked the world’s number one container growth port among the top 30 container ports in container handling for the year 2018. It has also recorded a 13.5% growth for the …
Russian Airlines, commonly known as Aeroflot, is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation. The air carrier is an open joint stock company that operates both domestic and international passenger and services, mainly from its airline hub at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Aeroflot resume Colombo flights again with the emergence of the Seasons.Moscow …
