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SriLankan Airlines would be summoned before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) regarding the plans to lease 21 flights, COPE Chairman Charitha Herath said today.
He told Parliament that he discussed the matter with the Auditor General and decided to summon SriLankan Airlines before the COPE.
"We will summon SriLankan Airlines and obtain information on the matter and provide a report in Parliament," he said.
The MP said this in response to a question raised by former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who said that SriLankan was planning to lease 21 flights despite reports of COPE Chairman Charitha Herath that the Airline was loss making and it should be sold out.
State Minister D.V. Chanaka said there was no immediate plan to lease the said flights and that a proposal has been made to lease out flights in place of flights whose lease period was to expire.
The Minister said SriLankan was profitable now and that it had not obtained government funds for the last eight months. "SriLankan has not obtained any funds from the government during the last eight months. We will not use state funds to lease out the said flights," he said.
Mr. Wickremesinghe said officials were misleading the minister and added that SriLankan still owed to local banks.
"If they are misleading the minister, the director board should be removed," he said.(Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)
N SENA Tuesday, 19 April 2022 11:33 PM
COPE SHOULD CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE CHECK ON SRI LANKAN AIRLINES INVESTMENT PLANS AND FROM WHERE IT WOULD SEEK THE FUNDS FROM FOR SUCH INVESTMENTS
Jude Wednesday, 20 April 2022 02:53 AM
SRILANKAN AIRLINES losing money since Emirates was arbitrary removed from managing the airline in 2009 !! And person with no knowledge about the airline will make DUMB statement as SRILANKAN AIRLINES is now profitable!! Yeah, My AZZ !! These dummass politicians know only to fly Free with SRILANKAN AIRLINES!!
Herman Perera Wednesday, 20 April 2022 03:08 AM
MOST PROFITABLE ROUTE. COL/KAMPALA. carrying DOLLARS
Jude Wednesday, 20 April 2022 03:13 AM
Funding SRILANKAN AIRLINES is like Milking a Dead Cow !! Yeah!!
Jude Wednesday, 20 April 2022 04:28 AM
CAN'T understand why Ashok Pathirage took the helm of heavily bleeding Red SRILANKAN AIRLINES!??? It's isn't his Forte to revive companies that owned by govt to turnaround and make sustainable profits!!
S K Sorrysena Wednesday, 20 April 2022 06:56 PM
SriLankan Airlines would be summoned before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) regarding the plans to lease 21 flights, COPE Chairman Charitha Herath said today. 21 flights or 21 Aircraft ?
Sksirisena Wednesday, 20 April 2022 06:59 PM
See Lankan airlines now making profits big-time and wants to buy more planes. Not a good idea noh ?
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