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India and Sri Lanka on Monday resumed flight services between Chennai and Jaffna, three years after the island nation discontinued the services due to Covid, and the passengers expressed happiness about the hassle-free journey.

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st): The operation of passenger flights from Sri Lanka to the United Arab Emirates was suspended with effect on Wednesday morning (May 12), following a decision reached by the UAE authorities, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. This decision does NOT affect the operation of passenger flights from the UAE to Sri Lanka, Upul Dharmadasa, the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority told News 1st on Wednesday (May 12). However, the suspension of flights will affect transit flights through the United Arab Emirates and passengers travelling from Sri Lanka are NOT permit...

Muralitharan and Moody return safely in Sri Lanka World’s most successful bowler and the highest Test wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan has safely arrived in Sri Lanka. This was confirmed by his Indian wife, Madhi. Speaking exclusively over the telephone from Colombo on Friday morning, she said, Muralitharan has been a mentor for the Sunrisers Hyderabad team in the Indian Premier League (IPL). His team’s last match was in Delhi. “He came from Delhi, via Chennai,” his wife added. The 49-year-old Muralitharan had an angiography and underwent angioplasty in Chennai last month. He could...

TOURISTS FROM UKRAINE TO ARRIVE IN SRI LANKA TODAY (28) TOURISTS FROM UKRAINE TO ARRIVE IN SRI LANKA TODAY (28) Written by Share: COLOMBO (News 1st): A group of 182 tourists from Ukraine will arrive in Sri Lanka on Monday evening (Dec. 28), as the first batch of tourists to visit the country since the closure of airports, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. The group will be quarantined after PCR tests, Upul Dharmadasa, the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority said. According to Dharmadasa, the flight from Ukraine will land at the Mattala Inte...