Malaysia Airlines relaunches service to Maldives with successful opening flight
Malaysia Airlines has relaunched a new direct service to the Maldives, Asia’s smallest country, with a successful opening…
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Follow the latest news about the aviation sector in the Maldives, a key tourism hotspot.
Maldives military has no pilots qualified to operate aircraft donated by India
The Maldives military does not have pilots qualified to operate the three aircraft that India donated to the…
Helicopter flights to return to Maldives inter-island services, first since 1999
It has been announced that inter-island passenger air services operated by helicopter will return to the skies over…
Beond commences luxury scheduled flights to the Maldives
All business class airline Beond has operated its inaugural scheduled service. The luxury airline kicked off operations flying…
Maldives-based premium carrier Beond officially launches
Beond, a new luxury leisure airline based in the Maldives, was officially launched on October 10, 2023. At a…
Emirates and Maldivian announce interline partnership following 2022 MOU
Emirates and Maldivian have announced an interline partnership which has commenced as of September 15, 2023.The partnership comes…
Male Airport temporarily shut down after Flydubai aircraft suffers burst tires
Male’s Velana International Airport (MLE), the Maldives’ main international airport, was temporarily shut down on March 28,2023 after…
Sri Lanka’s new low-cost carrier FitsAir launches inaugural flight to Dubai
Sri Lanka’s newest airline FitsAir commenced operations with an inaugural flight from Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to…
Emirates and Maldivian sign MOU to explore codeshare and interline partnership
Emirates and Maldives’ national carrier, Maldivian, have entered into a memorandum of agreement to explore codeshare, interline, and…
India launches $800 million airport expansion project in Maldives
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) started working on the Hanimaadhoo International Airport expansion project, which is considered…