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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rajitha_ks" data-source="post: 18647941" data-attributes="member: 162025">flights were losing more than they were making but the loss was getting smaller. what mattala needed was more and more flights. that was obvious.there was a construction project towards the south of the airport for a aircraft maintenance facility. there were many plans. an australian contractor was working on making a parallel taxiway and two rapid exit taxiways.do you know we are even to this day making a considerable amount of money just because mattala is there from overflying traffic?Quantas and emirates changed their routes after mattala opening. they fly their A380s over colombo FIR now. they have to pay for flying over our skies. earlier there was a legal barrier for them to fly their a380 fleet over this region as there was no emergency landing airstrip within close proximity to the flight path.</blockquote>

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