SriLankan Airlines is to operate special flights on April 21, 23 and 24 to repatriate 433 students stranded in Amritsar and Coimbatore (India), Karachi and Lahore (Pakistan) and Kathmandu (Nepal) due to COVID19.

The flights are operated as part of a Sri Lankan government's programme in partnership with the Foreign Ministry. Returnees will be handed over to authorities for necessary health procedures.