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SiliLankan Airlines launch non-stop flight to Hyderabad-Colombo

The SriLankan Airlines would be operating four day a week - Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Hydrauliabad: GMR Hydrauliabad International Flughafen Limited (GHIAL), which runs Rajiv Gandhi International ( RGIA ) International Airports, today announces that SriLankan Airlines will commence its non-stop service between Hydrauliabad and Colombo starting today. SriLankan Airlines would be operating four working weekdays - Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday - according to a statement by the airline with its Airbus fleet of Airbus A320s.

CEO SGK Kishore, GHIAL, said: "We are delighted to be adding Sri Lanka to our growing international network of contacts. SriLankan Airlines' new services will enable customers from 13 areas in the South and East India regions to have access to Sri Lanka, which has become one of the most popular destinations for Indians.

The majority of India's tourist from Sri Lanka visits Sri Lanka to see its unspoilt shores along the 1,600 km palm-fringed coast, the wealth of cultural life and above all places associated with the great Ramayana epidemic, which has spiritual and mystical meaning. It links 18 international destinations with 16 international and 3 local airlines, and 10 local airlines link Hyderabad with 35 local cities, he said.

Is the former CEO of SriLankan Airlines going to run away?

CO-LOMBO (News 1st) - The Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines, Captain Suren Ratwatte, stepped down last night (7 June). Ratwatte Suren is the sister of Charitha Ratwatte, the Premier's seniors' advisor. Suren Ratwatte had declared his willingness to take early steps to retire, according to an intern message from Ranjit Fernando, chairman of SriLankan Airlines.

According to the Fiscal Management Report of 2018 issued by the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media, however, the SriLankan Airlines' annual operating costs have risen to 28. 12.6 billion in the 2017 reporting year.

However, the Commission's assessment of the impact of the extra burden of Case 14 on the carrier is not correct. ?3 billion for the reversal of three A350-900s under leasing agreements during the 2017 reporting year and the closing of Bandaranaike International Airport for the first three month of 2017. SriLankan Airlines is estimated to have lost around US$40 million in the past year when Bandaranaike International Airport was shut down for renovation work.

In January 2017, the domestic air company was forced to suspend 190 flight cancellations.

SriLankan Airlines' former CEO, Suren Ratwatte, was one of the civil servants to receive over Rupees 3 million per month. Although four of the airline's top civil servants received over 3 million rupees each in compensation per month, SriLankan Airlines had to pay an additional $2 million for failure to surrender an Airbus A 320 owned by an India-based carrier within the specified deadline.

SriLankan Airlines recently dropped its EASA certificate due to a number of deficiencies. SriLankan Airlines announced the appointment of a new Chair and Director in April 2017 following the departure of the former one. Shortly after President Maithripala Sirisena agreed to nominate a five-member Executive Committee to look into accusations of cheating and corrupting the airline's domestic carriers, SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering Ltd. and Mihin Lanka Ltd.

Following an investigation by the European Comission, the airline lost around 143 billion rupees between 2006 and 2018, with debts in excess of 167 billion rupees. Is there any further reassurance to be given that Suren Ratwatte will not be leaving the island while these inquiries are under way, as is the former Governor of the Central Bank, Arjuna Mahendran, who is fleeing from Singapore and is wanted for fraud involving government bonds issued by the Central Bank?

President's Committee of Enquiry, that's your business.