It was opened by the Chairman of Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Pvt) Limited (CAASL), Major General (Rtd.) G. A. Chandrasiri with the objective of facilitating the outbound passengers.

CAASL is planning to make the duty-free shopping facility available to inbound passengers in the near future.

Meanwhile, Alliance Air operates four flights a week with full capacity at present and is exploring the possibility of introducing daily flights between Jaffna and Chennai. A total of 67 passengers arrived and 67 passengers left at the same time. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)