Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to award a 1.816 million US dollar contract to Crayon Software Lanka (Private) Limited to renew Microsoft licences and related services for national carrier SriLankan Airlines, EconomyNext reported.
The contract will run for a period of two years, Minister Vijitha Herath told reporters following the Cabinet meeting. The minister said bids were invited to select a licensed service provider with the capacity to supply the licences and support services to the airline.
Two bidders submitted proposals. Cabinet approved the proposal to award the contract to Crayon Software Lanka, identified as the lowest responsive bidder.
At roughly Rs. 616 million at current exchange rates, the contract continues the carrier’s reliance on Microsoft enterprise tools to support flight operations, crew systems and back-office workflows, alongside other licensed software stacks deployed across the loss-making national airline.
The award lands as the carrier continues to operate under a restructuring framework set out following the 2022 economic crisis, with the government holding the equity stake but persistent questions over divestment timelines and IT modernisation cost lines.
