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Patali Champika Ranawaka

United National Party

Through SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka, every person in the country has been made a debtor to the value of LKR 12,500.

Divaina: 28 Aug 2019

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Statement

Through SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka, every person in the country has been made a debtor to the value of LKR 12,500.


Fact check

MP Ranawaka on airline debt: flying too high

The MP in his statement is attempting to quantify the net loss, through the state-owned airlines, which then translates into additional national debt.

FactCheck evaluated the MP’s claim using data on losses from the Annual Report 2018/19 published by SriLankan Airlines (SLA) and population data published by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS). Specific Mihin Lanka related data was not available as that entity was liquidated in 2016.  We added to our calculations accumulated losses of LKR 17.27 billion, for Mihin Lanka, as reported in the media at that time.

The ownership of SriLankan Airlines is mostly with the government (99.11%). The EPF has (0.36%). The MP’s stated number can be approximated from using the population census numbers from 2012 (20.36 million) and total liabilities of SriLankan Airlines (LKR 250,359 million) in 2019. But that method and the resulting number are both significantly off the mark.

The net loss is not the same as the total liabilities. Total liabilities consist of all short-term and long-term debt to a third party, including preference shares, interest bearing liabilities, trade payables, sales in advance and others. Net loss, however, includes the capital invested and is offset by the value of the assets. The airlines’ net loss amounted to LKR 236,998 million as at April 2019 (See Exhibit 1). The population estimate for 2019 by the DCS is 21.8 million. Putting these together, the calculation results in a per capita loss of LKR 10,871, instead of the 12,500 stated by the MP.

There is indeed a large net loss, most of which translates to an increased per capita debt. But in making that point, the number stated by the MP is at least 15% higher than what can be reasonably ascertained from the data.

Therefore, we classify his statement as FALSE.

*FactCheck's verdict is based on the most recent information that is publicly accessible. As with every fact check, if new information becomes available, FactCheck will revisit the assessment.

Exhibit 1: Counting losses from Sri Lankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka 


*Correction - 06 February 2020: The previous version of the table erroneously attributed the population estimate to mid- 2018 and not 2019. This was corrected to state 2019.

Sources

SriLankan Airlines Limited, Annual Report (2018/9), Statement of Financial Position,  available at: https://www.srilankan.com/pdf/annual-report/SriLankan_Airlines_Annual_Report_2018-19_English.pdf

Department of Census and Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (2012), table 3.1,  available at: http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=FinalReportE&gp=Activities&tpl=3

Department of Census and Statistics, Estimates on Mid-year Population (2014 – 2019), available at:  http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/VitalStatistics/MidYearPopulation/Mid-year%20population%20by%20district.pdf

‘Mihin Lanka flies to Rs. 18 b loss in nine years’, Daily FT (21 November 2016), available at: http://www.ft.lk/article/581327/Mihin-Lanka-flies-to-Rs--18-b-loss-in-nine-years [last accessed: 05 February 2020]


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