President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed the relevant authorities to designate a special committee, led by the Presidential Secretariat, to examine alleged corruption and abnormalities at SriLankan Airlines.The regulation was issued during a comprehensive discussion held at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon, with the airline companies Board of Directors and representatives from all associated trade unions.
The conference lasted nearly four hours and concentrated on charting a sustainable future for the nationwide carrier under continued federal government ownership, the Presidents Media Division (PMD) said in a statement.During the meeting, the President stressed the requirement for cumulative duty in reconstructing the loss-making airline company, highlighting that no further functional funds would be supplied by the General Treasury.
Instead, he worried the value of handling monetary circulations effectively and improving institutional performance.Dissanayake likewise kept in mind that a unified effort is important to revive SriLankan Airlines, and that it can no longer depend on Treasury funds, making it vital to strengthen internal capacity and efficiency.He further mentioned that the federal government is prepared to make all required sacrifices to guide the nation out of its economic crisis, and called on airline company personnel to play their part in transforming SriLankan Airlines into a successful entity.The conference likewise focused on the implementation of the airline companies latest company strategy, developed in line with the federal governments policy to maintain ownership of the national provider.
Individuals settled on the important need for cooperation between all stakeholders to accomplish this goal, the statement added.Trade union agents pledged their full support to the federal governments vision, verifying their shared commitment to making SriLankan Airlines an economically viable organization, the PMD said.Present at the conference were SriLankan Airlines Chairman Sarath Ganegoda, members of the airline companies Board of Directors, and agents from numerous trade unions, including the SriLankan Pilots Association, the Airline Employees Association, the Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association, the SriLankan Airlines Aircraft Technicians Association, the Aircraft Engineers Association, the Sri Lankan Freelance Employees Association, the Inter-Company Employees Association, and the SriLankan Airlines Executives Association.