Suspension of flight to Colombo inconveniences public in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 02 April 2009, 05:38 GMT]
The unannounced suspension of flights of Expo Travels between Jaffna and Colombo in the past two days has caused inconvenience to students who were to appear for the entrance examinations of universities in the south and for people from foreign countries who had travelled to Jaffna, sources in Jaffna said. The other firm that operates flights has increased the fare up to nearly 55,000 rupees to fly from Colombo to Jaffna adding to the inconvenience, the sources added.

Those who had come on visit to Jaffna are stuck in Jaffna while people from foreign countries who were to fly from Colombo to Jaffna have been forced to cancel their visits due to the sudden suspension of flight service, their relatives in Jaffna said.