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Map of Sri Lanka Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport is the busiest airport in the country and one of the busiest airports in South Asia. It was estimated to handle over 10.5 million passengers in 2018.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) (Sinhala: සිවිල් ගුවන්සේවා අධිකාරිය Sivil Guwanseva Adhikariya) oversees the government approval and regulation of civil aviation matters for the nation of Sri Lanka. Its head office is in Katunayake as of 1 February 2018. [3]
The Ministry of Civil Aviation was the Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for the formulation of a more appropriate policy framework and efficient mechanisms by which to offer competitive and qualitative aviation services in order to fulfill the local and international requirements in the aviation sector.
Minister of Transport, Highways and Aviation [44] [45] Felix Perera: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 10 April 2004: Minister of Transport [46] [47] [48] A. H. M. Fowzie: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 November 2005: Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of Railways and Transport [49] [50] [51] Dullas Alahapperuma: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 28 January 2007: Minister ...
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]
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Afghanistan), the aviation regulation body in Afghanistan; Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Sri Lanka), the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for transport; Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (United Kingdom), in existence from 1953 to 1959, now the Department for Transport
The STE trained technicians to maintain airport and en-route telecommunications and navigational aids for UK airport and en-route services, including telecommunications, navigational aids and radar. A two-to-three-year locally domiciled apprenticeship trained technicians who were then posted to airports or en-route centres for on-going employment.