Sri Lanka is floating an idea that, on paper, sounds clever: turn its nearly empty Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport into a temporary hub for Emirates and Qatar Airways. In reality, the idea strikes me as quite far-fetched.
The pitch is simple. Mattala is:
Mattala has long been dubbed the “world’s emptiest international airport,” with airlines abandoning it due to lack of demand. Now, that emptiness is suddenly being reframed as an advantage.
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