Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- The Jaffna International Airport was declared open by President Maithripala Sirisena in Palaly today (17).
Prime Minister Ranil Wickresminghe, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Arjuna Ranatunga, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Northern Province Governor Suren Raghavan along with other dignitaries graced the inaugural event.
Marking inauguration of Jaffna International Airport, Alliance Air (the subsidiary of Air India) launched a flight to the airport with invitees from the aviation industry on Thursday.
Jaffna will be the airline's 55th and first international addition to the list.
The runway length has been extended from 950 to 1,400 metres to facilitate ATR 72 aircraft carry...