SriLankan Airlines’ new board
View(s):A new board of directors to SriLankan Airlines has been finalised and expected to be appointed next week with a former banker tipped to be appointed chairman, airline sources said.
They said that the delay in the appointment of a new board after the current board chaired by Ajith Dias, agreed to step down on November 30 to help in the restructure of the airline, was also due to last month’s elections and a new minister (Lakshman Kirella) being appointed to the Ministry of Public Enterprise. Mr. Kiriella told Parliament on Thursday that the Government was still looking for a foreign partner to come on board with a 49 per cent stake.
The sources said that route rationalisation including reducing the number of weekly flights on some sectors is among the changes planned.