'Aeroflot' suspends flights to Sri Lanka after eight months

COLOMBO (News 1st); Aeroflot has announced that it will be suspending commercial flights to Sri Lanka for the time being, due to "unreliability of the situation in terms of ensuring unhindered flights of the airline's aircraft to Sri Lanka". 

Citing the company, Russian media mentioned that passengers who are in Colombo and have tickets for return flights to Moscow dated June 2, June 4 and June 5 will be delivered to Moscow by flights departing on June 4 and June 5.

The airline launched its services in Sri Lanka on 4th November, 2021.

On 2nd of June, the Colombo Commercial High Court issued an enjoining order preventing a Russian 'Aeroflot' aircraft from leaving Sri Lanka.

Colombo Commercial High Court Judge Harsha Sethunga issued the enjoining order on the respondent Russian airline after hearing a complaint filed by Celestial Aviation Trading Limited in Ireland, and this enjoining order will remain in effect until the 16th of June.

The plaintiff states that it has a settlement case with the respondent Russian Airlines, and therefore, the complainant had filed a complaint seeking an injunction restraining an aircraft belonging to the respondent airline from leaving Sri Lanka.