Night flights to resume at main Lanka airport
Afp, Colombo
Sri Lanka's only international airport is to resume around-the-clock operations after air raids by the Tamil Tiger rebels forced its closure at night, an official said yesterday. The civil aviation authorities decided to resume night operations shortly following talks with the military and airport officials, a spokesman for President Mahinda Rajapakse's office said. "It was decided that we could get back to normal operations at the Bandaranaike International Airport in the next few days," the spokesman said. "Airlines will take a bit more time to adjust their flight schedules." Military officials said the decision came after better radar was installed to track low-flying aircraft.
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