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Cessna 152 which is in use for flying lessons at Asian Aviation Centre. The AAC offers a host of courses including Aircraft Maintenance Engineering(started in 1997), a degree programme in Aerospace Engineering affiliated to Kingston University with two years study in Sri Lanka and a further one-year study in UK to complete the degree. [1]
Aeronautical Information Services of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24 "Aerodrome Index Chart" (PDF). Aeronautical Information Services of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-24 "Location Indicators by State" (PDF).
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 ...
[13] [14] The airport came under the jurisdiction of the Civil Aviation Authority from 31 May 2016 and the state-owned Airport and Aviation Services was appointed operator of the civilian side of the airport. [6] [16] The airport covers an area of 145 ha (359 acres) out of which the air force occupies just over half - 76 ha (188 acres). [6]
The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy was established in 1980 by the Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy Act, No. 68 of 1981 as the joint defence service training institute of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force undergo academic training together ...
It was the country's first international airport and was the only international airport in Sri Lanka until the inauguration of Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, in 1967. The airport currently serves several domestic services and is home to several aviation training organisations.
Due to the low number of flights, it has been proposed to offer long-term aircraft parking services as well as creating flying schools and maintenance services to be offered from the airport. [2] In 2016, as the airport was not generating enough revenue to pay back the loans, the Sri Lankan government called for Expressions of Interest to run ...
Cinnamon Air, owned and operated by Saffron Aviation (Pvt) Limited, is a joint venture between Sri Lanka's largest listed conglomerate, John Keells Holdings, MMBL Leisure Holdings (a part of the Mercantile Merchant Bank Group) and Phoenix Ventures (parent of the Brandix Group, Sri Lanka's largest garment manufacturer).