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SL to allow chartered flights to fly out tourists
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IANS | 26 Mar, 2020
Sri Lanka will allow chartered flights from any country to land here and
to fly out their nationals who are currently in the island nation on a
holiday or work on request, an official statement said on Thursday.
The
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority statement said that as of
Wednesday, there were 18,093 international tourists in the country
according to local immigration authorities, and Sri Lanka Tourism was
closely working with the Foreign Ministry and respective embassies and
high commissions to arrange necessary facilities, reports Xinhua news
agency.
"Though arrivals are suspended into the country, all
departures are supported and SriLankan Airlines operates departure
flights daily to UK, Melbourne and Narita," the statement said.
"Sri
Lanka Tourism would facilitate any country to fly out their nationals
on holiday or on work here, back to their home country via charter
flights on request," it added.
Sri Lanka Tourism further said due
to the current islandwide curfew, the police had assured that foreign
nationals could use their air tickets as a curfew pass to reach the
airport.
Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Authority earlier this week
banned international passenger flights from landing at the Bandaranaike
International Airport, until further notice to prevent imported new
cases of the COVID-19 into the country, but said departures would
continue.
Sri Lanka has so far reported 102 confirmed coronavirus cases with no deaths.
A curfew in capital Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara, on the outskirts of
Colombo and the northern province is in place indefinitely.
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