Aviation minister blames opposition criticism for Mattala failure!
- Friday, 08 August 2014
The Mattala Rajapaksa international airport, built inside a sanctuary without any feasibility study with the sole intention of pocketing commissions, has proven to be a total failure by now, but minister of civil aviation Priyankara Jayaratne has said at the parliament lobby that it has become a failed project due to the false propaganda carried out against it by opposition MPs and the pro-opposition media.
Several journalists have overheard him telling several government backbenchers, “The boss is furious over Harsha’s talk. Who would not, if said that people who sell milk in Hambantota earn more than the Mattala airport? The boss lectured me for not giving a proper reply. When the UNPers point out with figures, what can we do? The boss lectures us. He fakes that he did not hear when the speaker, his elder brother, laughs at it. I have got a funny ministry.”
And, saying, “When an international level project like this is done, the opposition has an obligation to support us to get it through. What they do is talk about the wrongdoings and complain. It would have been better had it been given to the Chinese,” the minister has left.
- Friday, 08 August 2014
The Mattala Rajapaksa international airport, built inside a sanctuary without any feasibility study with the sole intention of pocketing commissions, has proven to be a total failure by now, but minister of civil aviation Priyankara Jayaratne has said at the parliament lobby that it has become a failed project due to the false propaganda carried out against it by opposition MPs and the pro-opposition media.Passenger boards at Mattala to round of applause!
- Friday, 08 August 2014
Fellow passengers welcomed with a round of applause a passenger who had boarded the UL 405 SriLankan flight at Mattala Rajapaksa airport which was en route to Katunayake from Bangkok yesterday morning (07).
That was because he was the first passenger after a long time to board a plane from Mattala airport. The daily flight from Bangkok lands at Mattala airport, but not a single passenger boards or alights there. However, planes still come routinely and according to the orders of the royals, all SriLankan flights should land at
Mattala. The only international airline to have flights to Mattala, Fly Dubai, too has suspended its flights to Mattala.
When fellow passengers inquired from him, the passenger who had boarded the plane from Mattala has said that it was cheaper to fly to Katunayake rather than going by bus. Asked how much he has paid for the ticket, he said it was Rs. 2,500. Then, fellow passengers calculated the expenses for a flight to land and to stay at Mattala airport for one year and wondered among themselves that god may protect Sri Lanka.
