Accordingly, the Palaly Airport will be renamed as Jaffna International Airport, the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation said.
The Ministry further informed that the Batticaloa Airport will be renamed as the Batticaloa International Airport and the Ratmalana Airport as the Colombo Ratmalana International Airport.
Accordingly, Sri Lanka’s International Airports will increase to five.
The newly-modified Jaffna International Airport is scheduled to be opened on 17 October.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation indicator code (ICAO CODE) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) station code for the above International Airports will be as follows:
Jaffna International airport:
ICAO CODE : VCCJ
IATA station code: JAF
Batticaloa International airport:
ICAO : VCCB
ICAO :VCCC
IATA station : RML
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