{"id":2477,"date":"2026-06-14T07:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T07:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2026-06-14T07:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T07:06:08","slug":"srilankan-airlines-restructuring-committee-appointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/06\/14\/srilankan-airlines-restructuring-committee-appointed\/","title":{"rendered":"SriLankan Airlines Restructuring Committee Appointed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cabinet has approved the appointment of a special committee to carry out a strategic review and restructuring of SriLankan Airlines.<\/p>\n<p>The committee will be chaired by Dr. Hans Wijesuriya, Senior Advisor to the President on Digital Economy.<\/p>\n<h3>Committee Members include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Thuminda Hulangamuwa \u2013 Senior Economic Advisor to the President<\/li>\n<li>Deshal de Mel \u2013 Finance and corporate strategy expert<\/li>\n<li>Thumith Fernando \u2013 Investment banking, mergers &amp; acquisitions specialist<\/li>\n<li>Secretary to the Ministry of Finance or representative<\/li>\n<li>Secretary to the Ministry of Transport \/ representative from Civil Aviation Authority<\/li>\n<li>Chairman of SriLankan Airlines<\/li>\n<li>Legal experts in aviation, corporate and public law<\/li>\n<li>Aviation industry specialists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Purpose of the Committee<\/h3>\n<p>The government has identified the urgent need for a comprehensive strategic review of SriLankan Airlines, considering broader macroeconomic conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The main objectives include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reducing the long-term financial burden on the government<\/li>\n<li>Establishing a financially sustainable and commercially viable national airline<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing future strategic options and restructuring models<\/li>\n<li>Evaluating and recommending the most suitable restructuring path aligned with government objectives<\/li>\n<li>Providing oversight and guidance for implementation of selected strategies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The committee will operate during the restructuring process or until it is officially dissolved by the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cabinet has approved the appointment of a special committee to carry out a strategic review and restructuring of SriLankan Airlines. The committee will be chaired by Dr. Hans Wijesuriya, Senior Advisor to the President on Digital Economy. Committee Members include: Thuminda Hulangamuwa \u2013 Senior Economic Advisor to the President Deshal de Mel \u2013 Finance &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2479,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477\/revisions\/2479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}