Singapore Airlines halted daytime flights to Sri Lanka Monday, following Tamil Tiger air intrusions into the South, while Emirates said its suspension would remain, dashing earlier expectations that it would resume operations soon.
Emirates said a service to Dubai and Singapore which had a stopover in Colombo would now by pass the island and fly direct.
A Dubai - Male flight via Colombo has also been dropped in favour of a direct service.
Emirates, which manages and partly owns SriLankan, the island's national carrier, suspended all its flights to Colombo along with Cathay Pacific after Sunday's Tiger air strike, the third in a month.
"Following a review of the situation in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, Emirates' flights to the city remai