Sri Lanka's aviation authorities said Wednesday that at least one of the three airlines who had either suspended their services to the island or changed their schedules for fears of further attacks by Tamil Tiger rebels have agreed to resume services.

Emirates Airline of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates said that they would resume daylight operations to the Bandaranaike international airport.

"Following a review of the situation in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, Emirates will recommence services on Friday (May 4)," a statement from the airline said.

Officials from the Ceylon Tourist Board said on Tuesday that talks would be held with Emirates, Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines with a view to see the airlines resuming their services.

Airlines began to worry security after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) carried out their second air raid last Sunday on the city of Colombo and suburbs.

In the first attack on March 26, the rebels bombed the Sri Lanka Air Force base adjoining the international airport.

Cathay Pacific and Emirates had totally suspended their Colombo services while Singapore Airlines has said that all of their Colombo arrivals and departures would be restricted to daylight time flights.

The rebel air capability has added a new dimension to the island's long drawn-out separatist armed conflict that had claimed over 67,000 lives since the mid 1980s.

Source: Xinhua