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National Airline Maldivian announced that the Airports operated by Island Aviation will be ready for new normal and to resume their operation by the upcoming Monday. Speaking at the Majlis in the SOE Committee, Managing Director of Island Aviation, Mohamed Rizvy stated that the Airports being operated under the aviation will be ready to intervene […]
Former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim was transferred to house arrest last Thursday with the prisons authority citing repairs in his unit at the high-security Maafushi jail. The retired colonel has been shifted between jail and house arrest since early 2015 when he was found guilty of weapons smuggling and sentenced to 11 years. In January […]
The seaplane of Maldivian after it lost its pontoon during take-off from Dhoores Retreat Resort. Island Aviation Services (IAS) has refuted allegations made by two British tourists who were onboard a Maldivian seaplane that crash-landed in the sea while taking off from Dhoores Retreat Resort last week. The incident occurred on November 16 when the […]
The seaplane of Maldivian after it lost its pontoon during take-off from Dhoores Retreat Resort. Civil Aviation Authority has launched a probe after a seaplane of the national carrier, Maldivian, lost a pontoon during take-off from Dhoores Retreat Resort early Thursday. According to Abdul Haris, the managing director of Maldivian’s operator Island Aviation Services (IAS), […]