Sri Lanka airport normal schedule resumes following rebel air raid

Katunayake: Sri Lanka government said the country's only international airport, Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), is operating normally with its scheduled flights this morning.
Following the LTTE air attack on Sri Lanka capital Colombo last night airport officials have diverted some flights to neighbouring India and some were cancelled immediately.
According to the Duty Manager of BIA, three flights, Singapore flight scheduled to take off at 10.35 p.m., Bangkok flight at 12.25 a.m. and Chennai flight at 2.20 a.m. were cancelled by the Ministry of Aviation.
Sarath Kumara Gunaratna, Deputy Minister for Aviation confirmed that the normal proceedings of the airport are now underway. The airport officials have allocated a special telephone line (0112252861) to check the flight details for passengers who wish to leave the country during the day.
21/02/09 Colombo Page, Sri Lanka

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