Sri Lanka, Nov. 20 -- Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Sweden, Kapila Fonseka, concluded a successful official visitSri Lanka's main international gateway, Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) at Katunayake, is operating beyond its designed capacity and facing mounting pressure to complete long-delayed expansion works.Sri Lanka Travel Guide

Agricultural equipment farming According to aviation expert Eng. Athula Senewirathne, BIA was built for a capacity of six million passengers per year, a limit reached in 2012-2013 but passenger numbers again exceeded that figure in 2023. "Our main international airport at Katunayake is operating above its design capacity, there's an inevitable degradation of all services," Senewirathne said. Senewirathne...