About Piyara Airline
An airline for southern Sri Lanka
Piyara Airline is being established as a scheduled airline and airport services company based at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in southern Sri Lanka.
The south coast of Sri Lanka — Yala, Tangalle, Mirissa, Bundala — receives millions of visitors, but has no direct air access. Every tourist flies into Colombo and transfers by road for four to five hours. Every kilogram of seafood or spice exported from the Southern Province goes the same way in reverse. The infrastructure for a different model already exists: Mattala has a 3,500-metre Code 4F runway, a passenger terminal, and a cargo terminal. What it needs is a company willing to operate it.
That is what Piyara Airline is being built to do.
What we do
Three integrated operations
Scheduled airline
Passenger services connecting Mattala to regional cities, starting with the routes that carry the highest tourism and business traffic into Sri Lanka. Narrow-body jet operations with an air operator certificate in planning.
Airport ground operations
Ground handling, passenger services, fuel coordination, and flight support for every airline that uses Mattala — not only our own. International-standard turnaround for narrow-body and wide-body aircraft.
Cargo & logistics
A cold-chain capable air cargo facility giving Southern Province producers — seafood, spices, garments — a direct export route. Hambantota International Port is 18 km away, creating an air-sea logistics corridor that does not exist anywhere else on the island.
Corporate structure
Part of the Chartwell Aviation group
Piyara Aviation (Pvt) Ltd is the Sri Lankan operating entity, currently completing incorporation. It forms part of the Chartwell Aviation group.
Chartwell Aviation Limited (United Kingdom, Company No. 17289564) has been selected by the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation for the proposed 30-year development concession at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, and is the proponent in that procurement process.
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Piyara Aviation (Pvt) Ltd (Sri Lanka) — Operating entity, airline, ground ops, cargo