Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers had given approval to amend the Civil Aviation law of the country to allow public private partnerships in aviation services, a government statement said.
Section 6 (3) e of the Civil Aviation Act currently requires providers of aviation services at airports in Sri Lanka to have a majority government holding.
The cabinet had given the nod to appoint “one or more as service providers” for the provision of aviation services”.
Airports have a number of services ranging from providing fuel to ground handling to navigation services.
At the moment it is planned to liberalize ground handling, an official familiar with the discussions said.
Source: Econonmynext