NewsSriLankan Airlines suffered a staggering loss of USD 90, 261 due to former SriLankan Airlines Chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe reversing a decision made by the airline's operations control managers to reschedule a flight from Colombo to Paris, it was revealed today (15) at the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) appointed to probe alleged irregularities at SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka. Meanwhile, another SriLankan Airlines flight coming from Male, Maldives was also delayed. Mr Senanayake, who has over 30 years of experience at SriLankan Airlines, stated that in all his years of service, it was the first time that a chairman had overruled the decision of an operations control manager. All in all, 128 passengers were affected by the chairman's decision to insist that the Paris flight depart on schedule. Mr Senanayake testified that to his knowledge, no inquiry was ever held over the incident.

Source: Sunday Times August 15, 2018 17:37 UTC