By Ajith Siriwardana  

SriLankan Airlines agreed to suspend the entire process of hiring 21 aircraft while admitting that the decision was made without knowing the gravity of the economic crisis in the country, SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva said today.

The MP tweeted that as a start, all timelines would be extended by three months.  

“Today, we summoned the SriLankan Airlines Board to the Parliamentary Committee. They admitted they did not know that Sri Lanka’s economic crisis was this grave when the decision was made and agreed to suspend the entire process. As a start, all timelines would be extended by three months.  

It is inconceivable that the SriLankan Airlines Board was that clueless about Sri Lanka’s economy given the stature of members and all top professionals. However, he said there was no Treasury Representative (thus didn’t know the real gravity), I am going to let this one go since they admitted the error,” he tweeted.  

SriLankan Airlines was today summoned before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) over its decision to hire 21 aircraft.