The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) stated today (19) that all passenger arrivals into Sri Lanka will be suspended from midnight on 21 May to midnight on 31 May.
Director General of Civil Aviation and Chief Executive Officer Capt. Themiya Abeywickrama stated that this decision was made in an effort to prevent further spread of COVID-19 in the country.
He added that despite this, Sri Lanka’s international airports will facilitate certain arrivals as listed below:
- Emergency diversions of aircrafts
- Cargo aircrafts
- Humanitarian flights
- Technical landings
- Inbound ferry flights without passengers
- Transit of passengers for less than 12 hours with confirmed ticket to an onward destination