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Sri Lanka reopens Hambantota airport bid, eyes strategic investorsSri Lanka is seeking investors for the Hambantota airport. This offers a chance for Indian companies to invest in a strategic Indian Ocean ...- Sri Lanka's move to lease strategic airport near China-controlled Hambantota port sparks Indian interestIndia is keenly watching Sri Lanka's move to offer control of Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport to foreign investors. This presents a...
- Sri Lanka seeks investors for loss-making Mattala airport built with Chinese loansSri Lanka is seeking investors for Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport. The airport has been a financial drain since opening in 2013. A...
- Sri Lanka denied US request to land armed fighter jets, says President DissanayakeSri Lanka's decision to refuse landing permission for two US fighter jets at Mattala International Airport is a testament to their commitme...
- Sri Lanka says ‘no’ to ground access for US warplanes as Middle East tensions riseSri Lanka has opted against allowing two U.S. combat aircraft, equipped with anti-ship missiles, to land at Mattala Rajapaksa International...
- Sri Lanka President Dissanayake denies US warplanes landing, asserts neutralitySri Lanka made headlines in early March by denying two American warplanes permission to land within its borders. President Anura Kumara Dis...
- Middle East War: Bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed off Sri Lanka to be flown home via IndiaThe bodies of 84 Iranian sailors, casualties of a US submarine incident off the coast of Sri Lanka, are being repatriated in a dedicated fl...
- Sri Lanka to repatriate bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in US submarine attackSri Lanka is repatriating on Friday the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who perished when their frigate was sunk nine days ago by a US submar...
- Sri Lanka hands over 45 Iranian sailors' bodies to embassySri Lanka has handed over the bodies of 45 Iranian sailors, killed in a US submarine attack on their warship off the coast, to Iran's embas...
- India-Russia joint venture to get to run Mattala airport in Sri Lanka soon: Aviation ministerSri Lanka strategically partners with India and Russia amidst 2022 financial turmoil, entrusting Mattala Airport's management for sustainab...
- India-Russia joint venture to manage strategic Sri Lanka airportA joint venture between an Indian and a Russian firm has won a 30-year contract to manage Sri Lanka's Mattala Rajapaksa International Airpo...
- Sri Lanka leases white elephant airport built with Chinese loansSri Lanka has leased its underutilized Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, built with Chinese loans, to a joint venture between India'...
- Indian company to manage Sri Lanka's China-funded airportSri Lanka plans to transfer management of its Chinese-built Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport to Indian and Russian companies to miti...
- India heeded his request not to seek joint venture to run Mattala airport: Sri Lanka PM Mahinda RajapaksaThe USD 210 million facility, 241km south-east of Colombo, is dubbed the "world's emptiest airport" due to a lack of flights.
- India to help Nepal build new hangars at the Kathmandu airportThe moves are aimed at countering China’s growing influence in the Himalayan country. “AAI has started work on it and sought a detailed pro...
- Sri Lankan government reworking MoU on airport deal with IndiaDubbed as the "world's emptiest airport" due to lack of flights, the MRIA was built with high interest commercial loans from China by the M...
- No proposal for AAI to take controlling stake in Sri Lanka's Mattala airport: MinisterThe ministry's comments come less than a week after the Sri Lankan government said that it has asked the AAI to submit its business plan fo...
- Sri Lanka asks AAI to submit business plan on Mattala airport operationThe airport was officially opened in March 2013. The only international flight operating from there was halted in May due to recurrent loss...
- India wants to operate world's emptiest airport in Sri LankaMattala airport, named after former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, is dubbed the world's emptiest airport due to a lack of flights.
- Sri Lanka's airlines, Lufthansa to start aircraft repair hubThe facility would be developed as a regional centre for repair and maintenance of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircrafts and it is hoped to ...
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