Sambo Wednesday, 24 April 2024 07:43 AM

Keep selling and come the day you will be begging for votes. That's the day all you politicians will regret.

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Bandu Wednesday, 24 April 2024 07:55 AM

How its going to be privatised needs to be monitored by the media. Don't want political cronies to buy it at a lower price.

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DW Wednesday, 24 April 2024 08:14 AM

Sri Lankan authorities may be proud to say that Sri Lanka’s second largest international airport but It was dubbed "The World's Emptiest International Airport" by the global media company Forbes due to its low number of flights despite the large size of the airport. It has been running up heavy losses because the original idea to build the airport came from a brainless fool.

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AJ Wednesday, 24 April 2024 08:36 AM

Shortsighted crooks of MR family and the government borrowed so much keeping country and its people as surety for these unproductive projects and now trying to use private individual to earn out of it

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sam Wednesday, 24 April 2024 08:48 AM

What can the govt manage in SL? Privatise the cabinet

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Ama Wednesday, 24 April 2024 09:30 AM

Ask MR to bear the losses. Who will build an Airport in the jungle without doing a FEASIBILITY STUDY? It is the people should be blamed for electing this fellow.

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sam Wednesday, 24 April 2024 11:51 AM

Privatisation of the cabinet is top priority!

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Siri Chandra Wednesday, 24 April 2024 12:39 PM

All these people commenting know nothing of the REAL background or of Aviation. For eg, they dont know how India tried to mess SL up in the aviation field, since SL did not have an alternate airport in case of emergency or bad weather, etc.

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Tissa Fernando Wednesday, 24 April 2024 04:18 PM

@DW, Mattala Airport was destroyed by Sirisena Ranil government. Now they are building another Airport at Higurakgoda, They also developed Jaffna Airport. Why ?

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Mary Thiagarajah Thursday, 25 April 2024 02:32 AM

We can make this profitable by training student pilots of Sri Lanka and neighboring countries. At least 10 per cent of our students can become pilots when they get of their school!!!

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Sira Thursday, 25 April 2024 04:16 AM

We know what they did in Gampola as well. Do not try teaching us history. we know what you did to demise of the country..

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Kekiri Thursday, 25 April 2024 05:23 AM

Then why build an airport at Hingurakgoda? What is the purpose ? Is it to store paddy from Polonnaruwa farmlands? Or sell it after it is built? Why are private investors buying Mattala if it is not profitable? Are agents of western interests involved in the purchase?

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white elephant Thursday, 25 April 2024 07:14 AM

The Government recently signed a deal with India's Gautam Adani Group one of the largest construction companies in India to re-develop and maintain the running of Sri Lanka's main airports at Katunayaka Mattala and Ratmalana. We don't have the necessary resources the know-how or the expertise to re-develop and maintain an airport in this country. Those who criticise should have a good look at Adani's recent airport constrution projects in India at Bengaluru Chennai Delhi etc. We donlt need a palace like the Bengaluru Airport or the largest airport in the world the Navi Mumbai Airport when completed but atleast one decent arport for the country we can call an international airport.

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Shera Thursday, 25 April 2024 09:18 AM

Remember when Chandrika as president announced plans to privatize Air Lanka and it caused an uproar? People said, "rata wikunanawa" (selling the country). I'll leave it at that.

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Ron Thursday, 25 April 2024 11:28 AM

Our people like runming business with lost due to own benifits most of government sectors are running at a lost even the most important sectors that can make profits that experiencing losses purely due to mismanagement theft and finance abuse etc this nation will keep suffering until no money to rescue its about time to be wise to semi or fully privertise it will benifit the nations prosperity and productivity of our work force to contribute genuinely to the country and for the future generations to come...

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