Sri Lankan Aviation to facilitate cheaper airfare


Maldives
PUBLISHED August 01, 2019

Authorities of Sri Lankan Aviation will be taking action to lower the costs of fuel, embarkation and ground handling over the course of six months from August 1.

Chairman of SLDTA, Johanne Jayaratne expressed that the results will be dire on the Sri Lankan tourism, due to the reduction of these costs, which is recovering at a slower pace initially.

Jayaratne said, "The frequency of flights is controlled by these taxes so hopefully it will have an impact on the number of flights arriving into the country once these are reduced."

In Sri Lanka, the fuel, embarkation and ground handling require the highest costs in the region at the present.

 

A media release was issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) stating the measures they have taken to lower the costs to facilitate cheaper airfares to tourists. For the measures, Sri Lankan Airlines have been asked to reduce its ground handling charges, in addition to the request of CAA to Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to sell aviation fuel at cost.

 

Chairman of SLTPB, Kishu Gomes stated that from may onward there has been a 70 per cent month on month recovery. Sri Lanka Tourism forecasts Julys arrival numbers at 117,000 and is anticipating a total of 1.9 2 million tourist arrivals in 2019.

The Treasury has also been instructed to delay the implementation of the budget proposal to increase the embarkation levy by US$10, the statement read.

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