Chairman storms out of Mihin Lanka
By Kelum Bandara
Mihin Lanka Chairman Raja Edirisuriya has resigned from his post citing his inability to work with what he termed as an inexperienced management team which oversaw the operations of the budget airline.
Mihin Lanka was re-launched on January 1 after the troubled budget airline was grounded since May last year having incurred heavy losses running into some Rs.3.2 billion.
Mr. Edirisuriya was not present even at the re-launching ceremony as he was away on a private visit to the United States.
He told Daily Mirror from his home in the US that he had sent his resignation letter to the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation on January 10, but he was yet to hear from the Ministry.
Asked why he resigned so suddenly, he said he was not willing to reveal such information until the Ministry responded to his letter.
He said he found it difficult to work with the Mihin Lanka Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena and added that he worked hard to acquire an aircraft to resume operations.
“It took me two months of hard work to acquire the aircraft,” he said.
By Kelum Bandara
Mihin Lanka Chairman Raja Edirisuriya has resigned from his post citing his inability to work with what he termed as an inexperienced management team which oversaw the operations of the budget airline.
Mihin Lanka was re-launched on January 1 after the troubled budget airline was grounded since May last year having incurred heavy losses running into some Rs.3.2 billion.
Mr. Edirisuriya was not present even at the re-launching ceremony as he was away on a private visit to the United States.
He told Daily Mirror from his home in the US that he had sent his resignation letter to the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation on January 10, but he was yet to hear from the Ministry.
Asked why he resigned so suddenly, he said he was not willing to reveal such information until the Ministry responded to his letter.
He said he found it difficult to work with the Mihin Lanka Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena and added that he worked hard to acquire an aircraft to resume operations.
“It took me two months of hard work to acquire the aircraft,” he said.
