Basil leaves for USA

By T.K.G. Kapila

Founder of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and former Minister Basil Rajapaksa left for Dubai from the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning, the airport Duty Manager said.

He left for Dubai on Emirates Airlines (EK-649) at 03.05 a.m.

He had reportedly paid USD 206 for access to this plane and had obtained the facility at the 'Gold Route' terminal in the BIA.
              
Sources at the airport said that Basil Rajapaksa will first go to Dubai and then leave for the USA from there, and that he always uses this flight route to leave for the United States of America.