Sri Lanka proposes privatizing national airline amid crisis


              A family watches a telecast speech of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 16, 2022. Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Monday proposed to privatize the country’s loss-making national carrier as part of reforms to solve the country worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
            
              Members of Socialist Youth Union shout slogans and march towards Sri Lanka's police headquarters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 16, 2022. Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Monday proposed to privatize the country’s loss-making national carrier as part of reforms to solve the country worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
            
              Members of Socialist Youth Union shout slogans blocking the entrance to Sri Lanka's police headquarters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 16, 2022. Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Monday proposed to privatize the country’s loss-making national carrier as part of reforms to solve the country worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
            
              Members of Socialist Youth Union shout slogans and march towards Sri Lanka's police headquarters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 16, 2022. Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Monday proposed to privatize the country’s loss-making national carrier as part of reforms to solve the country worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
            
              Members of Socialist Youth Union shout slogans and march towards Sri Lanka's police headquarters demanding the arrest of former prime minister Mahinda Rajapkasa for allegedly assaulting anti government protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
            
              Members of Socialist Youth Union shout slogans and march towards Sri Lanka's police headquarters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 16, 2022. Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Monday proposed to privatize the country’s loss-making national carrier as part of reforms to solve the country worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
            
              Members of Socialist Youth Union shout slogans blocking the entrance to Sri Lanka's police headquarters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 16, 2022. Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Monday proposed to privatize the country’s loss-making national carrier as part of reforms to solve the country worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
            
              Members of Socialist Youth Union shout slogans and march towards Sri Lanka's police headquarters carrying a banner demanding the arrest of former prime minister Mahinda Rajapkasa for allegedly assaulting anti government protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
            
              A Sri Lankan Airlines plane carrying remains of Priyantha Kumara, a Sri Lankan employee who was lynched by a Muslim mob in Sialkot arrives as a security officers guards the area in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec. 6, 2021. Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Monday proposed to privatize the country’s loss-making national carrier as part of reforms to solve the country worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)
Sri Lanka proposes privatizing national airline amid crisis