The said loan was obtained to pay employees at Srilankan Airlines a 13th month incentive bonus.
What is the Management at Srilankan Airlines thinking?? The Airline posted a huge financial loss recently, severe cost cutting measures are in place, employees above a certain grade were requested to forgo up to 3 days pay, assets were cashed in to keep the airline afloat, recruitment,CCQ courses, salary increments were all denied stating the airline's bleak financial status ... And now this?????
Corruption galore at Srilankan Airlines!!!
And here's what the newspapers had to say about it ....
?Sri Lankan Airlines? Pay Bonuses only to the Local Staff