A ban imposed on night flights for domestic airlines has been lifted.

Director General and Chief Executive Office (CEO) of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka Captain Themiya Abeywickrama has removed the decades old restriction imposed on domestic aviators with regards to flights between sunset to sunrise.

The ban was lifted with the approval of the State Minister of Aviation, D. V Chanaka,

The restriction had been imposed during the thirty year war in Sri Lanka.

— NewsWire