A four-day Aircraft Maintenance Programme (AMP) Lifecycle Workshop, organized under the EU-funded EU–South Asia Aviation Partnership Project (EU–SA APP), is being held in Sri Lanka, bringing together aviation regulators, aircraft operators, industry representatives and technical experts from across the South Asian region.

 

Hosted with the support of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL), the workshop brings together around 50 participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

 

The workshop was inaugurated with remarks by Mr. O. R. Rajasinghe - Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka, Captain Daminda Rambukwella, Director General of Civil Aviation; and Ms. Galia Agisheva - Deputy Head of Delegation at the Delegation of the European Union. Their remarks highlighted the importance of regional cooperation, technical knowledge sharing and continuous capacity development in maintaining high standards of aircraft airworthiness.

 

The workshop is supported by technical experts from the EU–SA APP, including Mr. Patrick Firmin, Operations Manager – EU–SA APP, and Mr. Asmir Kruhovic, Airworthiness Expert.

 

The programme provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of the Aircraft Maintenance Programme lifecycle, covering its development, approval, implementation, reliability monitoring, continuing oversight and optimization.

 

Technical sessions also include contributions from Airbus Helicopters and Airbus Commercial Aircraft, providing participants with the opportunity to benefit from manufacturer expertise.

 

For Sri Lanka, hosting the workshop provides a valuable opportunity to strengthen national technical capacity, enhance the knowledge and expertise of aviation professionals, and further develop effective practices for the approval and oversight of Aircraft Maintenance Programmes. It also strengthens Sri Lanka’s engagement with regional aviation authorities, international industry partners and European technical experts, supporting the country’s continued efforts to maintain and enhance international airworthiness and aviation safety standards.

 

The workshop therefore serves as an important platform for knowledge exchange while contributing to the continued strengthening of Sri Lanka’s aviation regulatory and technical capabilities.

 

යුරෝපා සංගම් - දකුණු ආසියානු ගුවන්සේවා හවුල්කාරිත්ව ව්‍යාපෘතිය (EU-South Asia Aviation Partnership Project - EU-SA APP) යටතේ සංවිධානය කරන ලද ගුවන්යානා නඩත්තු වැඩසටහන් (AMP) ක්‍රියාවලිය පිළිබඳ සිව් දින කලාපීය වැඩමුළුවක් ශ්‍රී ලංකා සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරියේ (CAASL) සහයෝගයෙන් අද දින ආරම්භ විය.

 

දකුණු ආසියානු කලාපයේ ගුවන්සේවා නියාමන ආයතන, ගුවන්යානා මෙහෙයුම්කරුවන්, කර්මාන්ත නියෝජිතයන් සහ තාක්ෂණික විශේෂඥයන්ගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් පැවැත්වෙන මෙම වැඩමුළුව සඳහා බංග්ලාදේශය, භූතානය, ඉන්දියාව, මාලදිවයින, නේපාලය, පකිස්ථානය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව යන රටවල් හත නියෝජනය කරමින් 50කට ආසන්න පිරිසක් එක්ව සිටිති.

 

වැඩසටහනේ සමාරම්භක අවස්ථාවට ශ්‍රී ලංකා සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරියේ සභාපති ඕ. ආර්. රාජසිංහ මහතා, සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් හා ප්‍රධාන විධායක නිළධාරී කපිතාන් දමින්ද රඹුක්වැල්ල මහතා සහ යුරෝපා සංගම් නියෝජිත කණ්ඩායමේ නියෝජ්‍ය ප්‍රධානී ගාලියා අගිශේවා (Ms. Galia Agisheva) යන මහත්ම මහත්මීන් සහභාගී වූහ. එහිදී ඔවුන් පෙන්වා දුන්නේ කලාපීය සහයෝගීතාව, තාක්ෂණික දැනුම හුවමාරුව සහ අඛණ්ඩ ධාරිතා සංවර්ධනය (Capacity Building)තුළින් ගුවන් යෝග්‍යතාව සහ නඩත්තු ප්‍රමිතීන් ශක්තිමත් කිරීමේ වැදගත්කමයි.

 

මෙම සිව් දින සැසිවාරයන් මෙහෙයවීම සඳහා EU–SA APP හි මෙහෙයුම් කළමණාකරු පැට්‍රික් ෆර්මින් (Mr. Patrick Firmin) සහ ගුවන් යෝග්‍යතා විශේෂඥ අස්මීර් කෘහෝවික් (Mr. Asmir Kruhovic) යන මහත්වරුන් ඇතුළු තාක්ෂණික විශේෂඥයන් පිරිසක් දායකත්වය සපයති.

 

ගුවන්යානා නඩත්තු වැඩසටහනක සම්පූර්ණ ක්‍රියාවලිය පිළිබඳ අවබෝධයක් ලබාදෙන මෙම වැඩමුළුව මගින් එහි සංවර්ධනය, අනුමැතිය, ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම, විශ්වසනීයත්ව, අඛණ්ඩ අධීක්ෂණය සහ ප්‍රශස්තකරණය වැනි අංශ රැසක් ආවරණය කෙරේ. මෙයට Airbus Helicopters සහ Airbus Commercial Aircraft ආයතනවල තාක්ෂණික දායකත්වයද ඇතුළත් වේ.

 

මෙම වැඩමුළුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේදී පැවැත්වීම මගින් මෙරට ගුවන්සේවා තාක්ෂණික ධාරිතාව ශක්තිමත් කර ගැනීමටත්, ගුවන් යානා නඩත්තු වැඩසටහන් අනුමත කිරීම හා අධීක්ෂණය පිළිබඳ දැනුම සහ විශේෂඥතාව වැඩිදියුණු කර ගැනීමටත් වැදගත් අවස්ථාවක් හිමි වේ.

 

එමෙන්ම කලාපීය සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්සේවා පාර්ශ්වකරුවන් සමඟ පවතින සහයෝගීතාව තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් කරමින්, ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන් යෝග්‍යතා සහ ගුවන්සේවා නිරුපද්‍රිතතා ප්‍රමිතීන් අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වාගෙන යාමටද මෙයින් විශාල පිටුවහලක් ලැබෙනු ඇත.

 

වත්මන් රජය විසින් රට තුළ ගෙන යනු ලබන පුළුල් ආර්ථික සහ සමාජීය පරිවර්තන ක්‍රියාවලියට සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා ක්ෂේත්‍රය හරහා සන්නද්ධ වෙමින්, එහි සුභ ප්‍රතිඵල අනාගත ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට උරුම කර දීමට මෙමගින් මනා අවස්ථාවක් සැලසේ. ජාත්‍යන්තර මට්ටමේ මෙවැනි තාක්ෂණික ඥානය මෙරටට ගලා ඒම තුළින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කලාපීය ගුවන්සේවා කේන්ද්‍රස්ථානයක් ලෙස සංවර්ධනය කිරීමට මග පෑදෙන අතර, එය රටේ සමස්ත ආර්ථික වර්ධනයට මෙන්ම ගෝලීය වශයෙන් රට කෙරෙහි පවතින විශ්වාසය තවදුරටත් තහවුරු කිරීමටද ඉවහල් වනු ඇත.

 

ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றிய நிதியுதவியுடன் செயற்படுத்தப்படும் ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றிய–தெற்காசிய விமானப் போக்குவரத்துப் பங்காண்மைத் திட்டத்தின் (EU–South Asia Aviation Partnership Project – EU–SA APP) கீழ் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்ட, விமானப் பராமரிப்புத் திட்ட (Aircraft Maintenance Programme – AMP) வாழ்க்கைச் சுழற்சி ( Lifecycle ) தொடர்பான நான்கு நாள்செயலமர்வு இலங்கையில் நடைபெற்று வருகிறது. இதில் தெற்காசியப் பிராந்தியத்தைச் சேர்ந்த விமானப் போக்குவரத்து ஒழுங்குமுறை அதிகாரசபைகள், விமான இயக்குநர்கள், தொழில்துறைப் பிரதிநிதிகள் மற்றும் தொழில்நுட்ப நிபுணர்கள் பங்கேற்கின்றனர்.

 

இலங்கை சிவில் விமானப் போக்குவரத்து அதிகாரசபையின் (CAASL) ஆதரவுடன் நடத்தப்படும் இச்செயலமர்வில், பங்களாதேஷ், பூட்டான், இந்தியா, மாலைதீவு, நேபாளம், பாகிஸ்தான் மற்றும் ஆகிய ஏழு தெற்காசிய நாடுகளைப் பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தி சுமார் 50 பங்கேற்பாளர்கள் கலந்துகொள்கின்றனர்.

 

பயிற்சிப் பட்டறையின் ஆரம்ப நிகழ்வில் இலங்கை சிவில் விமானப் போக்குவரத்து அதிகாரசபையின் தலைவர் திரு. O. R. ராஜசிங்க, சிவில் விமானப் போக்குவரத்து பணிப்பாளர் நாயகமும் பிரதம நிறைவேற்று அதிகாரியுமான கப்டன் தமிந்த ரம்புக்வெல்ல மற்றும் ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றிய பிரதிநிதிகள் குழுவின் பிரதி தலைவர் திருமதி Galia Agisheva ஆகியோர் உரையாற்றினர். தமது உரைகளில், பிராந்திய ஒத்துழைப்பு, தொழில்நுட்ப அறிவுப் பரிமாற்றம் மற்றும் தொடர்ச்சியான திறன் மேம்பாடு ஆகியவற்றின் மூலம் விமானங்களின் வான்தகுதி (Airworthiness) மற்றும் பராமரிப்புத் தரங்களை வலுப்படுத்துவதன் முக்கியத்துவத்தை அவர்கள் வலியுறுத்தினர்.

 

இப்பயிற்சிப் பட்டறையில் EU–SA APP சார்பில் திரு. Patrick Firmin (Operations Manager – EU–SA APP)மற்றும் திரு. Asmir Kruhovic (Airworthiness Expert) உள்ளிட்ட தொழில்நுட்ப நிபுணர்களின் பங்களிப்பும் இடம்பெறுகிறது.

 

இந்நிகழ்ச்சித் திட்டம் விமானப் பராமரிப்பு நிகழ்ச்சித் திட்டத்தின் (Aircraft Maintenance Programme – AMP) முழுமையான செயன்முறை தொடர்பான அறிவை வழங்குவதுடன், அதன் வளர்ச்சி (Development), அங்கீகாரம் (Approval), நடைமுறைப்படுத்தல் (Implementation), நம்பகத்தன்மைக் கண்காணிப்பு (Reliability Monitoring), தொடர்ச்சியான மேற்பார்வை (Continuing Oversight) மற்றும் மேம்படுத்தல் (Optimisation) உள்ளிட்ட முக்கிய அம்சங்களை உள்ளடக்கியுள்ளது. Airbus Helicopters மற்றும் Airbus Commercial Aircraft நிறுவனங்களின் பங்களிப்புடனான தொழில்நுட்ப அமர்வுகளும் இடம்பெறுவதால், உற்பத்தியாளர்களின் நிபுணத்துவத்திலிருந்து பயன்பெறும் வாய்ப்பு பங்கேற்பாளர்களுக்குக் கிடைக்கிறது.

 

இப்பயிற்சிப் பட்டறையை இலங்கையில் நடத்துவது, நாட்டின் விமானப் போக்குவரத்து தொழில்நுட்பத் திறனை வலுப்படுத்துவதற்கும், விமானப் பராமரிப்பு நிகழ்ச்சித் திட்டங்களை அங்கீகரித்தல் மற்றும் மேற்பார்வை செய்தல் தொடர்பான அறிவு மற்றும் நிபுணத்துவத்தை மேம்படுத்துவதற்கும்*முக்கியமான வாய்ப்பை வழங்குகிறது. மேலும், பிராந்திய மற்றும் சர்வதேச விமானப் போக்குவரத்து பங்குதாரர்களுடனான இலங்கையின் ஒத்துழைப்பை மேலும் வலுப்படுத்துவதன் மூலம், சர்வதேச வான்தகுதி (Airworthiness) மற்றும் விமானப் போக்குவரத்து பாதுகாப்பு (Aviation Safety) தரநிலைகளை தொடர்ந்து பேணுவதற்கும் இந்நிகழ்வு பங்களிக்கிறது.

 

 

SriLankan Airlines is currently conducting a specialised Airbus A330 Line Flying Under Supervision (LFUS) programme for six senior training and examination pilots from Etihad Airways, further strengthening the professional relationship and cooperation between the two national carriers.

 

The programme, conducted by the SriLankan Airlines Flight Training team in close collaboration with Etihad Airways, involves five Type Rating Examiners (TREs) and one Senior Type Rating Examiner (STRE) from Etihad Airways. The programme provides the visiting pilots with valuable operational exposure on the Airbus A330 while maintaining the highest standards of safety, regulatory compliance and training quality.

 

As part of the programme, two of the six Etihad examiner pilots successfully completed their training on 23 September 2026, with the remaining four pilots scheduled to complete their respective programmes by 27 September 2026.

 

The programme represents a significant demonstration of the confidence placed by Etihad Airways in the training expertise, operational standards and capabilities of SriLankan Airlines.

 

Conducting a programme of this nature requires extensive planning and coordination, given the operational, regulatory and security considerations involved. SriLankan Airlines worked closely with the CAASL - Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL), the Ministry of Defence and other relevant stakeholders to establish the necessary framework and obtain the required clearances.

 

The close cooperation between CAASL, the relevant authorities, SriLankan Airlines and Etihad Airways has enabled the programme to progress smoothly and efficiently, demonstrating SriLankan Airlines’ capability to support specialised training requirements for international airline personnel.

 

The programme brings together the expertise of SriLankan Airlines’ flight instructors, experienced flight crew and supporting operational teams. Their professionalism and commitment have been instrumental in providing the visiting Etihad Airways examiner pilots with a safe, effective and professionally rewarding training experience.

 

For SriLankan Airlines, the programme represents more than a single training assignment. It demonstrates the airline’s ability to leverage its Airbus A330 fleet, experienced instructors, operational expertise and established training infrastructure to support the training and development of aviation professionals from an international airline.

 

The initiative also highlights the potential of SriLankan Airlines Flight Training to serve as a regional aviation training partner, offering specialised and high-quality training solutions to international operators.

 

The programme further strengthens the professional relationship between Etihad Airways and SriLankan Airlines and provides a platform for exploring future opportunities for cooperation in pilot training and other areas of aviation expertise.

 

SriLankan Airlines extends its appreciation to the CAASL - Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Defence, Etihad Airways and all other stakeholders whose cooperation and support have contributed to the successful conduct of this important international training programme.

 

The airline also acknowledges the dedication and professionalism of its Flight Training team, instructors, flight crew and supporting departments, whose collective efforts continue to demonstrate the depth of expertise and capability available within SriLankan Airlines.

 

Through initiatives such as this, SriLankan Airlines continues to demonstrate that its expertise extends beyond operating flights, with the knowledge, experience and infrastructure to contribute to the development of aviation professionals and further strengthen Sri Lanka’s position as a regional centre for professional aviation training.

 

 

ශ්‍රී ලංකා සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරියේ ආයතනික නඩත්තු කටයුතු වෙනුවෙන් නව සේවකයින් 5 ක් ඊයේ (01) දින සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරියේ සභාපති ඕ. ආර්. රාජසිංහ මහතා සහ උප සභාපති ඉන්තාජ් කරීම් මහතා සහ සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරියේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් හා ප්‍රධාන විධායක නිලධාරී කපිතාන් දමින්ද රඹුක්වැල්ල මහතා අතින් පත්වීමේ ලිපි ලබා දිම සිදු කෙරිණි.

 

මෙම පත් කිරීම් සිදු කරනු ලැබුවේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරිය ආරම්භයේ සිට ආයතනික නඩත්තු කටයුතු වෙනුවෙන් වාර්ෂිකව රුපියල් මිලියන 20කට අධික මුදල් යොදවා ලබා ගත් බාහිර නඩත්තු සේවය සිදු කිරීම හේතුවෙනි.

 

මෙතෙක් බාහිර පාර්ශවය විසින් සිදුකල නඩත්තු කටයුතු මින් පසුව මෙම සේවකයින්ගේ දායකත්වයෙන් සිදු වනු ඇත.

 

තාක්ෂණික ආයතන මගින් පාඨමාලා නිම කල හා පුහුණුවීම් ලද සේවකයින් මේ සදහා බදවා ගෙන ඇති අතර, තාක්ෂණ දැනුමෙන් පෝෂිත රැකියා විරහිත තරුණයින් හට මෙය මහගු අනාගත සැලසුමක් ද වනු ඇත.

 

රජයේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනයේ සදහන් “ කාර්යක්ෂම ශ්‍රම සම්පතක් ගෞරවණීය වෘත්තීය ජිවිතයක්” යටතේ ශ්‍රමයේ ගෞරවය සහ නිසි වටිනාකම ලැබෙන පරිදි මානුෂීකරණයට ලක් කිරීමේ වැඩපිළිවෙලෙහි සෑබෑ අරමුණ සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීමට ද මෙමගින් අත්වැලක් සපයනු ඇත.

 

ගරු වරාය හා සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා සහ බලශක්ති අමාත්‍ය අනුර කරුණතිලක මැතිතුමා, ගරු වරාය හා සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ජනිත රුවන් කොඩිතුවක්කු මැතිතුමා හා වරාය හා සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අමත්‍යංශයේ ලේකම්තුමාගේ පූර්ණ දායකත්වය හා සහයෝගය මේ සඳහා ලබා දුන් අතර, ශ්‍රී ලංකා සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරියට එය මහත් වූ ආශිර්වාදයක් විය.

 

உள்ளக பராமரிப்புச் சேவைகளை வலுப்படுத்த இலங்கை சிவில் விமானப் போக்குவரத்து அதிகாரசபையில் ஐந்து புதிய ஊழியர்கள் ஆட்சேர்ப்பு.

 

இலங்கை சிவில் விமானப் போக்குவரத்து அதிகாரசபை (CAASL), தனது நிறுவன பராமரிப்புப் பணிகளை மேற்கொள்வதற்காக ஐந்து புதிய ஊழியர்களை ஆட்சேர்த்துள்ளது. நியமனக் கடிதங்கள் நேற்று (ஒக்டோபர் 01) உத்தியோகபூர்வமாக வழங்கி வைக்கப்பட்டன.

 

நியமனக் கடிதங்களை அதிகாரசபையின் தலைவர் திரு. ஓ. ஆர். ராஜசிங்க, உப தலைவர் திரு. இந்தாஜ் கரீம், பணிப்பாளர் நாயகமும் பிரதம நிறைவேற்று அதிகாரியுமான கப்டன் தமிந்த ரம்புக்வெல்ல ஆகியோர் வழங்கினர்.

 

ஸ்தாபிக்கப்பட்டது முதல், பல்வேறு நிறுவனப் பராமரிப்புச் செயற்பாடுகளுக்காக அதிகாரசபை வெளிப்புறச் சேவைகளைப் பெற்று வந்ததுடன், இதற்காக வருடாந்தம் ரூ. 20 மில்லியனுக்கும் அதிகமான தொகை செலவிடப்பட்டது. புதிய ஊழியர்களின் நியமனத்துடன், இப்பராமரிப்புச் செயற்பாடுகள் இனி அதிகாரசபையின் சொந்த ஊழியர்களாலேயே மேற்கொள்ளப்படும்; இதனால் வெளிப்புற சேவை வழங்குநர்களில் தங்கியிருக்கும் நிலை குறையும்.

 

புதிதாக நியமிக்கப்பட்ட பணியாளர்கள் தொடர்புடைய தொழில்நுட்பக் கற்கைநெறிகளையும் தொழிற்பயிற்சியையும் நிறைவு செய்துள்ளதுடன், தத்தம் கடமைகளுக்குத் தேவையான தொழில்நுட்ப அறிவையும் நடைமுறைத் திறன்களையும் கொண்டுள்ளனர். தொழில்நுட்பத் தகைமை பெற்ற இளைஞர்களுக்கு வேலைவாய்ப்பை வழங்குவதோடு, அதிகாரசபையின் உள்ளக தொழில்நுட்பப் பணியாளர் வளத்தையும் இம்முயற்சி வலுப்படுத்துகிறது.

 

இம்முயற்சி, “செயற்றிறன்மிக்க ஊழியர்படை – கௌரவமான தொழில்சார் வாழ்க்கை” என்ற அரசாங்கத்தின் கொள்கை நோக்கத்துடன் இயைந்தது; திறன்சார் தொழிலின் மதிப்பை அங்கீகரித்து, இளைஞர்கள் அர்த்தமுள்ள தொழில்வாழ்க்கையைக் கட்டியெழுப்ப வாய்ப்பளிக்கிறது.

 

இத்திட்டத்திற்கு துறைமுகங்கள், சிவில் விமானப் போக்குவரத்து மற்றும் எரிசக்தி அமைச்சர் கௌரவ அனுர கருணாதிலக்க, துறைமுகங்கள் மற்றும் சிவில் விமானப் போக்குவரத்து பிரதி அமைச்சர் கௌரவ ஜனித் ருவன் கொடிதுவக்கு, அவ்வமைச்சின் செயலாளர் ஆகியோரின் ஆதரவும் ஒத்துழைப்பும் கிடைத்துள்ளது.

 

இந்த முயற்சியின் மூலம் இலங்கை சிவில் விமானப் போக்குவரத்து அதிகாரசபையின் பராமரிப்புப் பணிகளின் வினைத்திறனையும் தொடர்ச்சியையும் மேலும் மேம்படுத்தவும், உள்ளக தொழில்நுட்ப ஆற்றலை வலுப்படுத்தவும், வளங்களை மிகவும் பயனுள்ள முறையில் பயன்படுத்தவும் அதிகாரசபை எதிர்பார்க்கிறது.

 

 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) has recruited five new employees to support its institutional maintenance activities. The appointment letters were officially handed over yesterday (01 October).

 

The letters were presented by CAASL Chairman Mr. O. R. Rajasinghe, Vice Chairman Mr. Inthaaj Careem, and Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Captain Daminda Rambukwella.

 

Since its establishment, CAASL has obtained external services for carrying out a range of institutional maintenance activities, with more than Rs. 20 million being spent annually for these services.

 

With the appointment of the new employees, these maintenance activities will now be carried out by CAASL’s own staff, reducing the need to rely on external service providers.

 

The newly recruited employees have completed relevant technical courses and vocational training and possess the technical knowledge and practical skills required for their respective duties. The initiative also provides employment opportunities for technically qualified youth while strengthening CAASL’s in-house technical workforce.

 

The initiative is also in line with the Government’s policy objective of creating "An Efficient Workforce – A Respectable Professional Life", by recognizing the value of skilled work and providing opportunities for young people to build meaningful careers.

 

The programme has received the support and cooperation of Hon. Anura Karunathilake, Minister of Ports, Civil Aviation and Energy; Hon. Janith Ruwan Kodithuwakku, Deputy Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation; and the Secretary of the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation.

 

Through this initiative, CAASL expects to further improve the efficiency and continuity of its maintenance services, while strengthening its internal technical capacity and making more effective use of its resources.

 

 

A Special Hybrid SLOT Coordination Meeting was held, chaired by Capt. Daminda Rambukwella, Director General of Civil Aviation & Chief Executive Officer of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL), to consider the request for the allocation of favorable arrival and departure SLOT timings for VietJet Air’s proposed operations between Vietnam and Sri Lanka.

 

The meeting was attended by representatives from Airport Management, the SLOT Coordination staff, Andrew Travels, the General Sales Agent (GSA) for VietJet Air, and officials representing VietJet Air.

The meeting was convened following a request forwarded by the Embassy of Viet Nam regarding the proposed expansion of VietJet Air’s operations between Vietnam and Sri Lanka via Maldives. The Embassy had requested favorable consideration of the SLOT timings sought by the airline at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), with the proposed timings intended to facilitate the airline’s onward connectivity and existing operational arrangements.

 

The request was considered with due regard to the operational requirements of the proposed services, SLOT availability at Bandaranaike International Airport, and applicable regulatory and slot coordination requirements.

 

Following discussions, the meeting agreed to grant the requested arrival and departure SLOT timings for VietJet Air, subject to applicable airport capacity, slot coordination procedures, traffic rights, and other relevant regulatory requirements.

 

The decision reflects CAASL’s continued efforts to facilitate the orderly expansion of international air connectivity while ensuring that airline operations are coordinated in accordance with applicable regulatory and airport capacity requirements.