State Enterprise Development Minister Kabir Hashim said the Government will soon appoint a new board and initiate a viable restructuring plan to uplift SriLankan Airlines.
The Minister condemned false information that said Sri Lankan Airlines will be shut down. He said some elements are trying to create uneasiness by spreading false information.
He further said that the State Enterprise Development Ministry is taking expeditious measures to appoint a new chairman and a director board and added Srilankan Airlines will be made a profitable company with the new administration under a suitable partner.
Minister said the former government was responsible for the catastrophic losses in the company.
“Sri Lankan Airlines went from an earning profit under the former government and now the present government had managed to solve many issues,” he said.
Minister Hashim commended the employees who had come forward to save this company being aware of the magnitude of the loss made by the former government.
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