Aeroflot suspends flights to Sri Lanka over aircraft’s arrest

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Aeroflot has suspended commercial flights to Colombo (Sri Lanka).

The decision was prompted by "the unfavorable situation as regards guarantees of unobstructed flights of the airline's aircraft to Sri Lanka," Aeroflot said in a statement.

The airline suspended the sale of tickets to Colombo as well.

As reported earlier, an Aeroflot Airbus A330 arrived in Colombo on Thursday morning and was supposed to return to Moscow the same day. However, the departure was postponed until Friday morning.

On Friday, the aircraft again was unable to fly out to Russia. Local media reported that a commercial court in Colombo had banned the Russian aircraft from leaving the country until at least June 16. The complaint had been filed by Ireland's Celestial Aviation Trading Limited, which is affiliated with the lessor GECAS.

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Comments - 9

Ram Saturday, 04 June 2022 12:45 PM

How nice

ANURA NANAYAKKARA Saturday, 04 June 2022 01:19 PM

UNNECESSARY PROBLEM TO SRI LANKAN GOVT TO INVOLVE WHILE WE HAVE ENOUGH POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS . SEEMS TO BE A WELL PLANNED PLOT TO HIT RUSSIAN NATIONAL AIR LINES OPERATIONS TO SRI LANKA. SRI LANKA WILL BE IN DEEP TROUBLE NOW.

joshua Saturday, 04 June 2022 02:43 PM

well done judiciary

Karalasingam Sivalingam Saturday, 04 June 2022 03:00 PM

Gotabaya should be able to recind the court order, as we need Russian oil. This is like hitting our head against a stone.

lion Saturday, 04 June 2022 03:12 PM

Russia is very quick in making decisions ,resolve the issue before they suspend buying our tea.

vithura Saturday, 04 June 2022 03:16 PM

Russians do not seem to get the point. The guarantees of unobstructed flight still stands for aircrafts of the airline over which they have legal rights of possession to operate, period.

Asif Saturday, 04 June 2022 09:05 PM

The sri lankan politicians and justice system failed local politics, economy and legal system but getting involved in international politics. These imbeciles will destroy sri lanka

Seqi Sunday, 05 June 2022 10:40 AM

Sri lanka makes its presence felt in international law. Sri Lanka needs to look to India and China for guidance.......

Putin thuggery or Putin Jaggery? Sunday, 05 June 2022 12:28 PM

Is this a commercial decision due to non payment of the lease for the aircraft? If so, this is not a political issue. This is a commercial issue. Aeroflot, please pay your lease fee. Matter closed.

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