{"id":138151,"date":"2015-01-29T00:16:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T18:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=138151"},"modified":"2015-02-05T07:18:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T01:48:05","slug":"srilankan-airlines-and-mihin-air-merged-to-cut-down-on-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/srilankan-airlines-and-mihin-air-merged-to-cut-down-on-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"SriLankan Airlines And Mihin Air Merged To Cut Down On Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a move to reduce losses that could be incurred further due to the corrupt management of the Sri Lankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka, the government has made a decision to merge the two airlines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ravi-Karunanayake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-99402 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ravi-Karunanayake.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"410\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ravi-Karunanayake.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ravi-Karunanayake-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a>Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake reading the 2015 interim budget proposal to the parliament today said during the past five years alone, the losses incurred by SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka is Rs. 100 billion and Rs. 15 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, accounting the non-payment of due taxes by CSN that was run by the Rajapaksas, a onetime tax of Rs. 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