Sri Lanka seeks buyers for white elephant airport
Government
The Chinese-funded Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport has no regular flights and has failed to generate enough revenue to cover even electricity bills since opening in 2013. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s government on Sunday (Apr 26) issued a call for investments in a currently loss-making airport, after a 30-year lease agreement with an Indo-Russian joint venture failed to take off. Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, built with Chinese loans near a wildlife sanctuary on the island’s southern
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