Sri Lanka’s flagship airline carrier is set to face losses of $50 million with the upcoming closure of Colombo airport’s only runway, reports IANS.
SriLankan Airlines will lose 17% of its seat capacity during the closures, set to take place for 8 hours every day from January through to April 2017.
The struggling airline is facing a debt of almost $4 billion, with the Sri Lankan government calling the company a “landmine” for the economy, says Xinhua.
The airline faced even more controversy recently after a pilot failed an alcohol test moments before he was due to take off with a plane full of hundreds of passengers from Frankfurt earlier this month.
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