Once Sri Lanka reopens its borders for travellers, tourism is expected to be one of the primary economic drivers and the National Carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, is expected to play a pivotal role in the country’s economic recovery.
Fully owned and backed by the Government of Sri Lanka, the Airline was forced to suspend scheduled services in early April as Sri Lanka took a tough stand on battling COVID-19. Now, with Sri Lanka’s health and safety situation under control, the Airline is ready to take to the skies and connect Sri Lanka with the world again.
Sri Lankan Airlines has implemented extensive protocols for health and safety onboard its aircraft and across its terminal facilities in line with directives and guidelines issued by local and global aviation and health & safety organizations such as the ICAO, IATA, EASA, WHO and Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health and Department of Civil Aviation.
Elaborating on the health and safety measures taken by Sri Lankan Airlines, Pathirage, Chairman of Sri Lankan Airlines explained, “We have taken every reasonable precaution to minimize the risk of transmission of disease, thus ensuring the safety of our passengers and crew.
Each aircraft is subjected to cleaning and disinfection before and after each flight. We have even removed all reading material from seat-back pockets and provided a mechanism for online pre-ordering of in-flight duty-free items to minimize physical contact.”