Sri Lanka, Oct. 4 -- The Government aims to stimulate the tourism industry by enhancing domestic air services, offering support and facilities to companies willing to start new operations to regional airports in Sri Lanka in compliance with all safety regulations," Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Minister Bimal Rathnayake said.

The Minister said this while participating in the launch of flight services between Katunayake and Colombo yesterday using Beira Lake as a water aerodrome.

"We want to encourage more companies to expand operations to regional airports such as Palaly. Then the Embarkation Fee at Palaly Airport even can be reduced for some period," he said.

The service, operated by Cinnamon Airlines using a Cessna 20...