Sri Lanka will call expressions of interest to operate Jaffna International Airport as a public private partnership, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said.
Prepatory work was underway and the EOI will be called soon, he said.
Jaffna airport in Palaly was designated an international airport and is currently seeing scheduled flights from India through smaller turboprop aircraft.
The airport needs a runway extension to land jets at least in the Airbus A320 class.
Sri Lanka is close to awarding the management of Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport to a consortium of Russian and Indian companies, Minister de Silva said.