Sri Lankan Airlines 
SriLankan Airlines is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and a member airline of the Oneworld airline alliance. It is currently the largest airline in Sri Lanka by number of aircraft and destinations and was launched in 1979 as Air Lanka following the termination of operations of the original Sri Lankan flag carrier Air Ceylon.
Following its partial acquisition in 1998 by Emirates, it was re-branded and the current livery was introduced. In 2008, the government of Sri Lanka acquired all the shares of the airline from Emirates. After ending the Emirates partnership, it retained its re-branded name and logo. SriLankan Airlines operates over 560 flights per week across Asia.
The Airline operates to 126 destinations in 61 countries (including codeshare operations) from its main hub located at Bandaranaike International Airport near Colombo. SriLankan Airlines joined the Oneworld airline alliance on 1 May 2014.
Following the economic crisis of 2022, the Sri Lankan government has been exploring approaches to privatise several state-owned companies including Sri Lankan airlines. In 2023, the Sri Lankan government set up the ‘State-Owned Enterprise Restructuring Unit’ (SRU) under the Ministry of Finance to assist in the privatisation of state-owned companies such as Sri Lankan airlines.
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