SriLankan purchased aircrafts on lease at 40% higher price: SLAPU Chair
SAPUMAL JAYASENA-JUN 18 2018
Chairman of the SriLankan Airlines Pilots Union (SLAPU) Ruwan Vithanage has said that the SriLankan Airlines had purchased aircrafts on a lease basis at a price that was higher than 40 percent and the resultant loss of revenue to the firm had been enormous.
He made this revelation while giving evidence before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) which is probing the corruption that had taken place at the SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka.
Giving further evidence, Vithanage said that he had personally inquired about the continued losses made by the Airline from its then Chairman Ajith Dias.
Vithanage told the PCol that annually a sum of Rs 22 billion had been incurred on providing aircrafts on a lease basis while another sum of Rs 17 billion had been incurred for the repairs.
The evidence was given before a five-Member PCol while it was led by Deputy Solicitor General Neil Unnambuwa.
The PCol is set to convene again on 20 June.
He made this revelation while giving evidence before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) which is probing the corruption that had taken place at the SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka.
Giving further evidence, Vithanage said that he had personally inquired about the continued losses made by the Airline from its then Chairman Ajith Dias.
Vithanage told the PCol that annually a sum of Rs 22 billion had been incurred on providing aircrafts on a lease basis while another sum of Rs 17 billion had been incurred for the repairs.
The evidence was given before a five-Member PCol while it was led by Deputy Solicitor General Neil Unnambuwa.
The PCol is set to convene again on 20 June.
