PCR testing facility at BIA malfunctions; restoration very soon
The rapid PCR testing facility established at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), which was to kick off yesterday, September 25, has malfunctioned due to...
Batticaloa airport to be developed as complete domestic airport
The Batticaloa airport is to be developed as an attractive domestic airport with more facilities, Tourism Minister, Prasanna Ranatunga said.
Addressing the media after an...
Clarification on SriLankan Airlines flight that suffered a technical fault
SriLankan Airlines wishes to clarify the news report currently being circulated stating ‘SriLankan Airlines suffers mid-air fuel shortage’ as inaccurate.
On July 6, 2021, SriLankan...
Hosni Mubarak: Air Chief Marshal and Commander of the Egyptian Air Force (1972-1975) and...
Compiled by: Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF (Retd)
Introduction
Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian military and political...
Bernard Ziegler – French aeronautical engineer who dismissed pilots as ‘taxi drivers’ when he...
In 1993 Bernard Ziegler flew what was then the longest recorded flight by a civil aircraft when he piloted an Airbus 340-200 around the world...
Health officials will decide on whom to quarantine at home, says Tourism Minister
Tourism Minister, Prasanna Ranatunga said it is the Health officials who have the authority to decide on keeping asymptomatic Coronavirus confirmed patients at home.
He...
“The JAFFNA” and the Bird Aeroplanes
By: Capt Elmo Jayawardena
Some years ago, I was writing a book for the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka. They were commemorating 100 years...
කටුනායක සංචාරකයින්ගෙන් පිරී යයි
කොවිඩ් වසංගත සමයේ සම්පූර්ණයෙන් බිඳ වැටුණු මෙරට සංචාරක කර්මාන්තය නැවතත් හිස ඔසවමින් තිබේ. ඊට නිදසුන් සපයමින් මේ වන විට කටුනායක සංචාරකයින්ගෙන් පිරී ඉතිරි යමින්...
SriLankan Airlines celebrates unity in diversity this Independence Day
SriLankan Airlines, the National Carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the prestigious oneworld alliance, joins in the celebrations of the country’s 73rd ...
කටුනායක ගුවන්තොටුපළ දෛනිකව ගුවන් මගී මෙහෙයුම් 12,000 ඉක්මවයි……
කටුනායක ගුවන් තොටුපළේ ගුවන් මගි තදබදය අවම කිරීමට ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ උපදෙස් අනුව ඊයේ (17) සිට ගුවන් තොටුපළ හා සෞඛ්‍ය බළධාරීන් එක්ව විශේෂ...
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