A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Velana International Airport (VIA) received the “Voice of the Customer” Recognition award by Airport Council International (ACI). The award is in recognition of the continuous effort by VIA in prioritizing passengers and to its commitment in ensuring that customers’ & travellers’ voice was heard during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to ACI World, this is the […]
Featured Image: Velana International Airport GoAir will operate direct flights between Male’, Maldives and Hyderabad, India starting from 8th February 2021. The airline will operate 4 days a week on every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The flights will be as follows: G8 4033 MLE HYD 1430 1730 G8 1533 HYD MLE 1130 1330 Tickets for […]
The Maldivian government made an announcement last Thursday that the state is looking for interested parties to develop airports in four islands of the Maldives. The announcement made by the Ministry of Finance asked to submit an expression of interest for airport development for the islands B. Thulhaadhoo, Sh. Bilehffahi, Th. Vilufushi, H. Dh. Makunudhoo. […]
Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) received (ISAGO) certification – the Safety Audit for Ground Operations by International Air Transport Aviation (IATA) for the third consecutive time. At the special ceremony the Safety, Security and Quality Section of MACL handed over the ISAGO certificate to the Managing Director of MACL. As a Ground Service Provider of […]
The national carrier, Maldivian, has announced that the company will be restarting flights to Cochin again, effective February 1, 2021. The airline reports that it will be operating flights to the Indian city three times a week. Maldivian will also be offering their passengers 30kg of baggage allowance. Tickets from Malé to Cochin are priced […]
From next month, Air India will be re-commencing direct flights from the Maldives to two additional Indian cities. At the moment, Air India flies directly to the Maldives from Trivandrum only. However, from 5th February onwards, Air India will commence direct flights from and to Bangalore and New Delhi as well. After halting temporarily flights […]
Ace Travels & Ace Aviation Services Maldives has initiated tour packages to Sri Lanka, with the re-opening of the country’s borders from 21st January 2020. Following a 9-month long travel ban imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka has now reopened its borders to international visitors. To keep the pandemic at bay, the country […]
Sri Lankan Airlines will resume London to Maldives direct flights from 13th February 2020 onwards. The airline will operate 02 weekly flights on Wednesdays and Sundays. SriLankan Airlines is an award-winning airline with a solid reputation for service, comfort, safety, reliability, and punctuality, providing convenient connections to its global route network of 113 destinations in […]
Indian low-cost airline, IndiGo has announced special medical fares from Male’ to Cochin and Male’ to Bangalore. This is given exclusively to the Aasandha Team in combination with Maldivian Holidays. Sector Type of Journey Travel Period Applicable Product Sale Period MLECOK Direct 15JAN21-31MAR21 SME 12JAN-31JAN21 COKMLE Direct 18JAN21-31MAR21 SME 18JAN-31JAN21 BLRMLE Direct 18JAN21-31MAR21 SME 18JAN-31JAN21 […]