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Aeronautical Information Services of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-24 "Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010. p. 100. "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. "Code for Trade and Transport Locations (UN/LOCODE)".
Katunayake is the site of the primary airport in the country, Bandaranaike International Airport. It is served by Sri Lanka Railways' Puttalam Line, with stations at Katunayake, Katunayake South, and the airport. Negombo is the northern end of the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway which connects Colombo and A1 highway at Peliyagoda. [6]
Panchikawatta is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka and is part of the area numbered Colombo 10. Its postcode is 01000. Panchikawatte is known for spares and motor parts. The Tower Hall is located here. A majority of Muslims and Tamils live here. All buses which travel from Fort, travel by this way.
Teejay Lanka PLC formerly known as Textured Jersey Lanka is a knitted fabric manufacturer in Sri Lanka [2] and is one of the constituents of the S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index of the Colombo Stock Exchange. The company is a supplier to the brands such as Nike , PVH , L Brands , Marks & Spencer , Decathlon , Lidl , and Calzedonia .
Bandaranaike International Airport (airport code CMB [12]) at Katunayake, Sri Lanka, is 32.5 kilometers north of the national capital, Colombo. 37 airlines currently serve the airport's over 10.79 million annual passengers. [13] The airport has three passenger terminals. Terminal 1 is the current international terminal, built in 1967.
On 24 January 2013, Sri Lanka Minister of Civil Aviation Piyankara Jayaratne said in parliament that the airport would be declared open on 18 March 2013. A SriLankan Airlines Airbus A330-200 landed at the airport on 29 January 2013.
In 1934, the State Council of Ceylon made a decision to construct an aerodrome within reach of the capital city of Colombo and decided on Ratmalana as the best site. [7] On 27 November 1935, a De Havilland Puss Moth flown by Captain Tyndale-Biscoe, chief flying instructor of the Madras Flying Club, was the first aircraft to land at the new airport.