Airport employees protest over 2025 year-end bonuses

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By T.K.G Kapila

Around 500 airport employees staged a protest at airport premises today, demanding the payment of five basic salaries from the year-end bonus announced for 2025 by the Chairman of the Airport and Aviation Services Company Limited, Retired Air Vice Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama.

The protest involved members of the Sri Lanka Free Employees Union, the General Employees Union, the Progressive Employees Union, the National Employees Union, and the Sri Lanka Free Employees Union of Sri Lankan Airlines.

Addressing the protesters, Mr. Muhandiram, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Airport Free Employees Union, said that although employees had received double their basic salary as a bonus, the airport company reported an annual net profit of Rs. 21 billion.

He urged the government to approve at least two more basic salaries and warned that failure to meet their demands could lead employees to take stronger actions, including disrupting airport operations, to assert their rights.

Comments - 17

Sanath Monday, 29 December 2025 12:09 PM

Ask them to get lost.

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Anura Monday, 29 December 2025 12:24 PM

This is the cancer that is killing our nation. There needs to be some form of action to eliminate the unions

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Dr Tissa Fernando Monday, 29 December 2025 06:23 PM

Specifically JVP unions.

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Ranga Monday, 29 December 2025 12:27 PM

Wait they received but they are demanding for more? Do they understand the basic decency? This is why western nation privatised operations keeping the ownership

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Dr Tissa Fernando Monday, 29 December 2025 06:25 PM

They were promised 5 bonuses but given only 2, the rest may have gone to Pachawatte fund probably and big talk big headed Transport minister knows about it.

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Chandima A Monday, 29 December 2025 01:04 PM

Reap what you sow, JVP

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Cheers Monday, 29 December 2025 01:14 PM

Aragalayata Jayawewa

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Upulpb Monday, 29 December 2025 01:33 PM

Few years ago they even blocked the Airport road. Institutions have become private properties.

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Nimal Jayamaha Monday, 29 December 2025 03:28 PM

Sack the whole lot of them if they announce they are going to strike. Never give them another job in the state sector. Put the navy , army or air force to do their job. If the Government gives into one union others will follow. This is not the time to strike when the country and the Government is facing all the problems.

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Tania P Monday, 29 December 2025 05:32 PM

Two months bonus already paid? For what? Have the recipients exceeded performance expected?

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Kandy man Monday, 29 December 2025 05:45 PM

Boys this is not the time for these demands. just get lost before people agitated against you.

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Janaka Monday, 29 December 2025 06:19 PM

Sack the lot.

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maha Monday, 29 December 2025 09:22 PM

they will never satisfy what ever given, only solution is to privatize

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R Navaratnam Monday, 29 December 2025 10:04 PM

Airport and Aviation Services Company Limited is a private organization. So there is no need to drag government in to this.

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Insider Monday, 29 December 2025 10:38 PM

Payment of bonus is not as of right but benevolence of the employer. They have been given two months and now they want four. This is absurd.

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DJ Monday, 29 December 2025 10:53 PM

Never happy.

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geethika Tuesday, 30 December 2025 06:13 AM

unions the usual culprit or cancer of organizations, i dont think even the communist russians go through this type of nonsense in 2025

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