Sri Lanka, Nov. 8 -- Will Covid-19 finally tank the pet project of the former UNP strongman the late J R Jayewardene, SriLankan Airlines, launched originally as Air Lanka?

SriLankan Airlines was pie in the sky, in the tenure of most governments and that fact is so painfully obvious. Today, with the pandemic, top notch global airlines are facing closure, and some have already called it a day.

SriLankan Airlines is facing a tall order to be back in business, and that's obvious. It's through no fault of the Management. This pandemic time is not the time for aviation, period.

But, it's time to take stock of the airline's origins, its progress to the status of perennial white elephant, and what it reflects in terms of a snapshot of economic...