The recently elected Sri Lankan president has confirmed SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo International) will remain state-owned, drawing a line under another failed attempt to privatise or partially privatise the heavily-indebted carrier.

“President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed that the airline should be an institution that all Sri Lankans are proud of and should be owned by Sri Lankans,” SriLankan Airlines chairman Sarath Ganegoda told TTG Asia.

The left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake…

Source: ch aviation
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