Sri Lanka will resume flights from the northern Jaffna peninsula to India next month, Sri Lanka Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has said, asserting that the move would support the country’s tourism industry and help in easing the Sri Lankan economic crisis.
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority plans to attract 800,000 tourists during the rest of the year.
“The northern Jaffna peninsula’s Palaly airport is to resume flights to India from next month,” Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said on Saturday. However, he did not specify a date.
