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Colombo: The Sri Lankan government will soon commence the construction of a new terminal at the Bandaranaike International Airport here in order to accommodate a large number of arrivals, it was reported on Thursday.
Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services Sri Lanka Ltd (AASL), G.A. Chandrasiri told the Daily News that currently the passenger capacity of the airport was 6.9 million, but at the end of 2019, there were 10 million passenger arrivals. However, with the completion of the new “Terminal 2” in three years, the airport was planning to accommodate 20 million passengers per year. (IANS)

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