Author: Faraz Shauketaly
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Runways and Reality: Sri Lanka’s Aviation Push Tests the Limits of Tourism-Led Recovery
Sri Lanka’s renewed aviation expansion — marked by new routes, increased capacity, and the much-touted arrival of Jetstar’s low-cost direct flights from Melbourne to Colombo — is being sold as evidence that the island is back in business. Runways, it seems, are once again standing in for reform. On the surface, the numbers are encouraging.