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Saturday, November 14 2026
Saturday, November 14 2026
MONETABRIEF – Sri Lanka will Request for Proposals from investors who responded to a Expression of Interest to set up businesses at the loss-making Mattala International Airport, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said.
Mattala International Airport was built with a 190 million US dollar loan, started operations in 2013 and has so far lost over 70 billion rupees, President Anura Kumara Dissnayake said.
"Moreover, this loss grows annually," he said in a budget for 2017.
The EOI process for the development of airport operations, data centres, food and catering services, and aircraft services and maintenance jointly with international companies, has concluided.
"Steps are being taken to call for Requests for Proposals (RFP) from the selected companies," President Dissanayake said.
"We expect to select new investors for this within the next year."
Mattala Airport is now used to divert aircraft when there is bad weather near Katunayake Airport. Some charter flights also use the airport during the winter tourist season. (Colombo/Nov14/2026)
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