25 June 2020 12:00 am
By T. K. G. Kapila
Three special SriLankan Airlines flights carrying 154 Sri Lankans stranded in UK, 94 Sri Lankans stranded in Singapore and 169 Sri Lankans stranded in Maldives due to COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday.
SriLankan Airlines flights UL-504 from Heathrow in London and UL-303 from Singapore arrived at Katunayake at 1.10 pm and 5.07 pm respectively. The SriLankan Airlines flight UL-4102 from Maldives arrived at 3.07 pm at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) in Mattala. Upon their arrival, all passengers were subjected to PCR testing.