COLOMBO, Dec 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s second international airport, in the southern town of Mattala, resumed international flight operation today, after a lapse of two years.
A passenger plane from Russia’s Red Wings Airlines, landed at the Mattala international airport with around 400 passengers.
The Red Wings Airlines is to operate two flights a week to the Mattala international airport, which has mostly been used over the last two years for refueling and for planes diverted in emergency situations.
A few cargo planes and chartered flights have also landed at the airport, over the past two years.
The Sri Lankan government has offered a number of concessions, for flights willing to land at Mattala.
Airlines were offered a discount on landing and parking fees, at Sri Lanka’s main airport in Colombo, if they decided to operate scheduled flights to Mattala.–
