Mattala Rajapakse, nouvelle porte d'entrée du Sri Lanka

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Mattala Rajapakse, nouvelle porte d'entrée du Sri Lanka

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située à 270 kilomètres au sud-de Colombo

The Sharjah-based low-cost carrier Air Arabia on Monday became the first foreign airline to start scheduled
services out of Mattala Rajapakse International Airport, about 270 kilometres (168 miles) south of the capital Colombo by road.
Built with funding from China's Export-Import Bank, the new $206 million facility in Hambantota district can accommodate the Airbus A380, the biggest airliner in service, and is surrounded by a free-trade zone.

Its business is geared towards transporting migrant workers from Sri Lanka to the Middle East, but national carrier Sri Lankan airlines will bring in tourists interested in the nearby wildlife sanctuaries of Yala, Udawalawe and Bundala.

Fly Dubai, the low-cost carrier of Emirates, will begin scheduled services next month.

President Mahinda Rajapakse, whose regime has strained relations with the West, has turned to China for funding for a range of infrastructure projects including roads and a deep-sea port in Hambantota, his home constituency.

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