Colombo court lifts ban on detained Aeroflot Airbus A330 from leaving Sri Lanka

The Colombo Commercial High Court has suspended a previous order that prevented an Airbus A330 aircraft operated by Russian national carrier Aeroflot from leaving Sri Lanka. The aircraft was leased to Aeroflot by Irish Celestial Aviation Trading.

Hundreds of Sri Lankan citizens gathered peacefully in front of the Russian Embassy in Colombo on June 6, 2022, demanding the government take urgent action to release the detained aircraft.

Taking the protest into account, the Court decided to suspend the initial detention order, meaning that the aircraft is no longer unable to leave Sri Lanka, according to La Prensa Latina.