INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement with reference to the detention of Aeroflot passenger aircraft flight SU-289 which is
currently at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), which has somewhat escalated into a diplomatic row.On 2 June 2022, the Commercial
High Court of the Western Province issued an Enjoining Order on the Aeroflot flight restraining it from taking off from Bandaranaike
10 Limited an Irish Company against the first Defendant the Public Joint Stock Company "Aeroflot" and the second Defendant, Mr
C Abeywardene/Acting Head of Air Navigation/Airport and Aviation Services of Sri Lanka (AASL), Katunayake.The matter is still pending final
determination of the Court
airline.On Friday (June 03), Aeroflot reported that the departure of its SU-289 flight from Colombo to Moscow scheduled for June 2 was at
from leaving the country until June 16
A court hearing to lift the seizure of the aircraft is scheduled for June 8, 2022.Meanwhile the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Moscow Janitha
Abewickrema Liyanage was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday where she was expressed resolute protest over the detention of
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