Board of Directors of SriLankan Airlines Summoned to the Cabinet Meeting Today

The Board of Directors of SriLankan Airlines has been summoned to the Cabinet meeting today(20).

Since SriLankan is accumulating continuous losses, the government is compelled to take serious action about the institution, thus the Board of Directors have been summoned so that they can clarify and explain the situation. SriLankan currently has 25 aircraft, 360 pilots and 7,200 employees.

Commenting on the issue last week, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Rajitha Senaratne said that the airline has accumulated a loss of Rs 22 billion after the present administration came into power. He added that the SriLankan Airlines is being administered in the breach ignoring all instructions issued by the line minister, Minister of Public Enterprises Development, Kabir Hashim. 1,250 people have been recruited without the minister’s knowledge.

Those who were appointed by Gotabaya Rajapaksa to top positions have not been removed and they are running the show,” he concluded.