Issuing a statement the Civil Aviation Authority said the ban on aircraft arrivals to the Bandaranaike International Airport has been extended to the 07th of April 2020.

The statement added that the decision was reached following advice received by Health Authorities in a bid to contain the further spread of COVID -19 within the country.

The statement went on to note that aircraft departures, transits, emergency diversions, humanitarian flights, technical landings and inbound ferry flights without passengers, will be permitted to land at the BIA.

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