August 8 , 2018
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 	- Sri Lankan Civil Aviation Minister announced that India would operate Sri Lanka’s loss-making Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Hambantota.
- India would operate the airport as a Sri Lanka-India joint venture.
- Mattala International Airport is called as ‘World’s Emptiest Airport’ due to lack of flights
 
 	- It may be recalled that Hambantota Port has been earlier leased to China.
 
                            
                                
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