Once profitable, Sri Lankan Airlines faced a downturn following the termination of a management agreement with Emirates in 2008.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa is scheduled to resign from his post on Wednesday after failing to address an unprecedented economic crisis.
Meanwhile, the country has received a $160 million grant from the World Bank.
Sri Lanka’s ex-prime minister left his official residence Tuesday after the army prevented several attempts by anti-government protesters to break in overnight.
On Monday, the biggest fuel price hike was put in place, raising diesel prices by 64 per cent and petrol by 33 per cent per litre.
Sri Lanka is suffering from a major economic crisis, a lack of foreign currency necessary to pay for imports.
A 36-hour curfew came into force on Saturday evening and was lifted early Monday to ensure law and order in the country, police said.
