Court order barred flights to Moscow from leaving the BIA

The Colombo Commercial High Court has issued an enjoining order preventing a Moscow-bound flight under Russia’s flagship carrier Aeroflot from leaving Sri Lanka. According to the order, the Airbus A330, which was scheduled to fly to Moscow, Russia, has been detained at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake.

The enjoining order was issued by Colombo Commercial High Court Judge Harsha Sethunga after hearing a complaint filed by Celestial Aviation Trading Limited, an Irish company.

Therefore, the complainant had filed a complaint seeking an injunction restraining the aircraft belonging to the respondent airline from leaving Sri Lanka.

The Russian government states that this Airbus A330 aircraft which arrived in the island has flown to Sri Lanka on 7 previous occasions.