Premium leisure carrier Beond operated its first commercial flight on Wednesday 15 November between Munich and Malé in the Maldives, which includes a refuelling stop in Dubai DWC. The route is maintained by a premium-configured 44-seat A319 aircraft. The service will run 2-weekly on Wednesdays and Sundays. No other airline operates flights between the two […]
November 22, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Virgin Atlantic introduced flights between London LHR and Malé, the capital of the Maldives, on Sunday 22 October. The 8,535-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays departing London LHR, with the 258-seat 787-9 aircraft. It will compete directly against British Airways’ 4-weekly rotations on the route, which will increase to daily […]
October 24, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Europe to the Indian Ocean tourist destination of the Maldives is a large and growing market. It saw an estimated 1.2 million passengers between January and September 2019. Despite the pandemic, or because of it, traffic increased by around 12% versus the same nine months in 2019. Especially good growth was seen from Russia (+106%), […]
November 30, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (IATA code 5W) has recently operated its first service to the Maldives when it began 4-weekly flights from Abu Dhabi to Malé. The inaugural flight on the 3,020-kilometre route took place on Tuesday 4 October using one of the airline’s five A321s. The other three flights each week depart the UAE […]
October 10, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Iberia selected Friday 2 July as the launch day for its new long-haul service from Madrid to Malé in the Maldives. The 8,620-kilometre route will be served 3-weekly, with flights departing the Spanish capital on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The inaugural service (flight IB 6791 operated by the airline’s Airbus A330-300 registration EC-LYF) departed Madrid […]
July 6, 2021 | Latest Route News +