Sri Lankan authorities today issued a statement to all airlines that no passengers will be allowed to enter the country from May 21 – 31 to curb the spread of the pandemic.
Civil Aviation Authority Director General and CEO Capt. Themiya Abeywickrama stated in an urgent notice to all airlines that all online and offline carriers will not be permitted to disembark passengers at any of the international airports in Sri Lanka with effect from 2359 hrs on May 21 until 2359 hrs on May 31 "with a view to control the COVID-19 situation in the country."
Those permitted will be aircraft departures with passengers originating from BIA/MRIA; aircraft Emergency Diversions to BIA/MRIA; Freighter operations and humanitarian flights to BIA/MRIA; technical landings at BIA/MRIA; inbound ferry flights (without passengers) at BIA/MRIA; and passengers transiting at BIA/MRIA for less than 12 hours with a confirmed ticket destined to an onward destination. (SD)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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