Sri Lanka to resume flights to India
Colombo, June 19
Sri Lanka will resume flights from the northern Jaffna peninsula to India next month, Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has said, asserting that the move would support the country’s tourism industry and help in easing the economic crisis.
The Lanka Tourism Development Authority plans to attract 8 lakh tourists during the rest of the year. “The Jaffna’s Palaly airport is to resume flights to India from next month,” Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said, without specifying a date.
“Resuming the flights would improve tourism and help the country in the current crisis,” de Silva said after inspecting the airport.
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