Dr. Rosh Jalagge, described as the first Sri Lankan to own a long-range private jet, arrived at Ratmalana Airport aboard his own aircraft, the Daily Mirror reported, citing airport sources.
The aircraft is a Gulfstream G-V, according to Sri Lanka Mirror. Built by the American manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace and in service since 1997, the type has a range of close to 12,000 kilometres and a maximum operating altitude of about 51,000 feet — enough to fly between Colombo and Europe or East Asia without stopping.
Sri Lanka Mirror reported that Jalagge is connected to the Roshana Care Group, which operates healthcare businesses in Australia, and that he served as Sri Lanka’s Consul in Western Australia for more than 10 years. Ada Derana also carried the story; its report could not be retrieved directly and is not cited as a source below.
A gap of four decades
Sri Lanka’s first privately owned aircraft was a Learjet 35A bought by the businessman Upali Wijewardene in the 1980s. That aircraft had a range of roughly 4,000 kilometres — around a third of the Gulfstream’s — and the Daily Mirror framed Sunday’s arrival as a measure of how far private aviation in the country has moved since.
Ratmalana, Colombo’s domestic airport, has been positioned in recent years as the base for business and executive aviation, with the larger commercial traffic handled at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake.
Neither report gave the aircraft’s registration, where it will be based, or what Jalagge’s current business interests in Sri Lanka are. The Daily Mirror piece, bylined T.K.G Kapila, attributes the arrival to airport sources rather than to Jalagge or to any aviation authority.
