Sri Lanka and Korea sign air services agreement

Sri Lanka and Korea concluded a successful round of air services talks in expanding bilateral air transport arrangements between the two countries in Seoul, Korea, from February 19 to 20, 2013. During the talks, the Sri Lankan delegation agreed to grant traffic rights to Korean Air for the operation of flights to Maldives via Colombo, whereas the Korean delegation granted traffic rights to Sri Lankan Airlines to operate to Seoul from Colombo via Hong Kong. The Sri Lankan delegation in Korea, Dr Ravindra Ruberu, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Tissa Wijeratne, Ambassador to Sri Lanka in Korea, H M C Nimalsiri, Director General and CEO of Civil Aviation Authority, Dhammika Attygalle, Advisor to the Minister of Civil Aviation, Mahen Gopallawa, Senior State Counsel from Attorney General's Department, Ms Tilani Silva, Legal Officer from the Ministry of External Affairs, G T Jayaseelan, Chief Marketing Officer Sri Senanayake, Manager International Relations of Sri Lankan Airlines and Charitha Yattogoda, Minister Counsellor (Commercial) of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Korea, were the other members of the delegation. The team in Korea