InfrastructureStrategic transport infrastructure investment solicitation2026-05-15🇱🇰
India monitors Sri Lanka’s offer to investors for strategic airport site
source: Sri Lankan government -> target: foreign investors
On 2026-05-15, Sri Lanka's government sought expressions of interest from domestic and international investors to take over Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport near Hambantota under a 30-year build-operate-transfer model. The airport is described as strategically located near the Chinese-controlled port in Hambantota. The move concerns a strategic transport infrastructure asset and its operating concession.
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Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, HambantotaSouthern ProvinceSouth AsiaSri LankaAsia6.284, 81.124
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