Budget carrier Mihin Lanka is to merge with its parent SriLankan Airlines with the brand image of the smaller airline being discontinued, it was announced on Thursday.
Public Enterprises Development Minister Kabir Hashim and his deputy, Eran Wickramaratne in a joint media briefing said that the two airlines will combine into one SriLankan Airlines brand to cut down operational costs.
It was the first media briefing on the loss-making national carrier after the government earlier this year announced sweeping changes including directing the Treasury to take up a large part of the loss, and looking for a management partner.
It was stated that a forensic audit is currently being undertaken by an international organization on the report by the lawyer J.C. Weliamuna probe which highlighted serious shortcomings and corrupt decisions at the airline during the tenure of the previous regime.
Details of the wet lease of a SriLankan Airlines aircraft to Pakistan International Airlines, a development which was earlier reported in the Business Times, were also revealed at the briefing. (Duruthu)
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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