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Kandy Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Sri Lanka | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kandy | ||||||||||
| Location | Kundasale,Sri Lanka | ||||||||||
 Interactive map of Kandy Airport | |||||||||||
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TheKandy Airport is a proposed domestic airport in the central city ofKandy inKundasale, Sri Lanka, aimed at facilitating growth in the influx of tourists to theCentral Province. Domestic operations fromBandaranaike International Airport inColombo are set begin with the new domestic carrierCinnamon Air.[1] The development is part of a multi-million dollar scheme to rebrand Kandy as a city of global cultural importance.
Proposed areas for construction were explored in December 2011,[2] with State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Market DiversificationPriyankara Jayaratne and Minister of HealthKeheliya Rambukwella inspecting three possible sites: a 42-acre block of land of belonging to the Department of Agriculture, a 1,250 acrefarmland belonging to thePeradeniya University, and a 250-acre block at Ambakote belonging to the Mahaweli Authority. A post-inspection media statement indicated that construction work would commence subsequent to the receipt of technical reports on the sites. On 5 August 2012, it was announced thatKundasale would most likely be the final location.[3]
In August 2018, the Cabinet of Ministers inSri Lanka has given its approval to conduct a feasibility study to construct a domestic airport in Maberiyathenna,Digana in Kandy district.[4]
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