BIA opens at night: Emirates, Jet Lite first to return

Although the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has reopened for night operations after a lapse of over two months, many airlines are still monitoring the situation in the country before resuming flights. SriLankan Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines and Malaysian Airlines are yet to decide if they would resume their night flights, while Cathay Pacific, which suspended all operations in Sri Lanka is yet to decide if it will resume flights.
However, the Dubai-based Emirates Airlines is to recommence its night flights from July 15. A spokesperson for the airlines said that the country office here had received confirmation from the head office in Dubai.
The New Delhi-based Air Sahara (Jet Lite), which suspended its sole flight that operated in the night will be taking to the skies once again from July 21. “Our only flight arrived in Colombo at 11.30 p.m.and left at 3.30 a.m. After the 21st we will get back to our original schedule,” a spokesperson for the airline said.
08/07/07 Nalaka Nonis and Nadia Fazlulhaq/Sunday Times.lk, Sri Lanka

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Categories: Airports Jul 2007, Foreign Jul 2007, Jet Lite Jul 2007