The Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Prof. Charitha Herath, yesterday (06) directed the Chairman of the SriLankan Air Lines, Ashok Pathirage to prepare a complete business plan to make SriLankan Airlines Limited profitable and submit it to the COPE within a month. The Committee also observed that a senior management officer serving in Sri Lankan Airlines as on 31st March 2021 receives a monthly salary of Rs. 02 million, another 142 pilots, 12 aeronautical engineers, 09 engineering managers and 3 top management officers of Sri Lankan Airlines receive a monthly salary of between Rs. The committee also revealed that Sri Lankan Airlines’ daily loss was Rs. The Committee commended Sri Lankan Airlines for reducing its cost by USD 66.9 million in 2019/20 and 2020/21.

Source: The Nation July 07, 2021 07:30 UTC