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This was the first time the An-225 had landed in Sri Lanka. [ 43 ] During the COVID-19 pandemic, The airport has been handling ship crew changes and repatriation flights, In June and July 2020, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport handled more than 50 flights involving 2,188 passengers. [ 44 ]
It is administered by Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd and serves as the hub of SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, Fitsair, a privately owned low-cost carrier, and domestic carrier Cinnamon Air. The other airport serving the city of Colombo is Ratmalana International Airport. SriLankan Airlines has its main base ...
Air Defence Command and Control Centre, SLAF Mirigama: 116 For the Air Defence Operation Centre (ADOC) to receive Air Defence alerts from the general public Sri Lanka Air Force: 117 Disaster Management Call Centre Disaster Management Centre [2] 118 National Help Desk Ministry of Public Security: 119 Police Emergency Service Sri Lanka Police ...
An MK Airlines Douglas DC-8 shortly after take-off at Prague Airport in 2004 The airline was founded by Michael C. Kruger as MK Air Cargo d'Or in 1990 [ 1 ] ( MK stands for its founder's initials). Headquartered and registered in Ghana , a network of cargo flights with hubs at Kotoka International Airport and Gatwick Airport was set up, which ...
Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Hub airport(s) Notes FitsAir: 8D: EXV: EXPOAVIA: 1997 Colombo BIA; Ratmalana; formerly ExpoAir SriLankan Airlines: UL: ALK: SRILANKAN: 1979 Colombo BIA; formerly Air Lanka and Air Ceylon
On 11 August 1952, 3 months after the inaugural service of a passenger jet aircraft, BOAC began its Comet service between Colombo and London. Later (March 1962 - March 1971) Air Ceylon operated a Comet service on this route to London. The airport was also a Trans World Airlines (TWA) destination for a short time in the 1950s. [25]
A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) detachment moved onto the site around 1976. [6] The site became an Air Field Unit in January 1982. [6] The airport served as major facility for the Sri Lankan military during the civil war. The army forcibly seized 261 ha (646 acres) of neighbouring land in 1985. [4]