<span style="color: #222222;">Direct flights between Jaffna and Chennai will resume from next Monday. The move is expected to help the tourism sector of Sri Lanka's cash-strapped economy.<br />''<br />''Alliance Air will operate direct flights between Jaffna International Airport in Palaly, and Chennai from the 12th of December, with 4 weekly flights. The airline is resuming its operations on this sector after a gap of three years.<br />''<br />''On Monday, Sri Lanka's aviation minister told the parliament that the airport runway requires more improvements. Currently, it allows less number of passengers due to its limited capacity. It was upgraded jointly by India and Sri Lanka in 2019 as the third international airport of the island nation.</span><br />