A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Welcome to Maldives, Air Seychelles! The airline has begun operations from Johannesburg, South Africa to Male’, the Maldives with its first scheduled flight that arrived at Velana International Airport on 5th December 2020. The flights are scheduled every Friday night from Johannesburg for 6 weeks, providing travellers with the opportunity to plan their holidays in […]
The flag carrier of Kazakhstan, Air Astana has commenced direct flights from Almaty to Maldives (Malé) with its first scheduled flight that arrived at Velana International Airport yesterday with 146 tourists. The airline will operate 3 weekly flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Flights from Almaty to the Maldives is operated by its brand-new Airbus 321 […]
Maldives Airport Company Limited (MACL) has opened Velana International Airport’s new seaplane terminal lounge areas for lease. The lounge areas in the seaplane terminal at VIA are open for lease to registered tour operators, resorts and seaplane operators. According to MACL, interested companies must register for tender before 10 December 2020, 1300hrs. Bid security of […]
Good news! Starting from later this month, SriLankan Airlines will be operating direct flights to and from London and Male’. The planned schedule for the month of December outlines direct flights from Male’ to London on the 19th, 22nd, 26th and 29th of December. Direct flights from London to Male’ are scheduled to operate on […]
The Asian Academy of Aeronautics (AAA) has constantly been making headlines due to alleged incompetence and negligence in the treatment of its students. In the most recent news, the flight school situated in Gan, Addu, terminated 15 students on Saturday and Sunday, many of whom did not receive any prior warning. The reasons for termination […]
Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA) has been awarded both the Indian Ocean’s Leading Seaplane Operator and the World’s Leading Seaplane Operator of 2020 at the Grand Final of the World Travel Awards 2020. This is the 6th consecutive year since 2014 for TMA to bag the World’s Leading Seaplane Operator award and the 7th consecutive year to win the Indian […]
The national airline, Maldivian has announced that a new flight has been scheduled from Male’ to the newly inaugurated Ha. Hoarafushi airport, as a result of high demand. According to Moosa Waseem, Manager of PR and Communications at Maldivian, the additional flight is scheduled for the upcoming Saturday. He stated that the seats for the […]
Kazakhstan’s national flag carrier, Air Astana has announced the decision to operate larger aircraft to the Maldives for flights scheduled to begin this December. Air Astana will begin direct flights to the Maldives on 5th December and will be launched by the airline’s fleet of new Airbus A321LR aircraft. These feature 16 lie-flat business class […]
The Ha. Hoarafushi airport, developed by Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC), was inaugurated on Thursday by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. The completion of the Hoarafushi airport, which was one of the biggest infrastructure projects and the first airport developed by the current administration, marks a number of significant achievements for our nation. Record-breaking efficiency […]