Mattala: Airport 🛫 -> 🌾 Rice Storage Facility -> Aircraft Maintenance hub 🛬

Mattala: Airport 🛫 => 🌾 Rice Storage Facility => Aircraft Maintenance hub 🛬

⭕ The Sri Lanka's government plans to convert Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport 🇱🇰 into an aircraft maintenance hub

⭕ Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Aviation Bimal Rathnayake announced this plan in Parliament to make the airport a profitable venture

⭕ The airport was constructed at a cost of Rs. 36.5 billion and has incurred a total loss of Rs. 38.5 billion over the past five years

⭕ The government aims to collaborate with a foreign partner to leverage MRIA’s infrastructure for aircraft repairs and maintenance

⭕ The goal is to attract global aviation companies and turn the airport into a profitable institution