Maldivian
(Island Aviation Services Ltd), the national carrier owned
by the Government of Maldives, has began its direct
flight operation from Male to Mumbai, Chennai and Dhaka
with Air-Bus-320, as part of their regional expansion. "Our operation to
Male-Chennai, Chennai-Dhaka, Male-Mumbai, three frequencies per week and seven
frequency to Thiruvananthapuram with Air-Bus-320, has increased the
seat capacity to 304 per-day on both sides,"
Chairman Bandhu Ibrahim Saleem said in a press conference here today. The
additional Maldivian aircraft A320, with 14 seats in thebusiness
class and 138 in the economy class would be flying
direct bringing an end to a much-anticipated wait of passengers. India has a
huge potential for travelers and over 30,000 tourists visited Maldives last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism. As the
number of travelers continues to rise between Maldives and India, Island
Aviation Services Ltd is able to expand its services to other destinations to
better meet the needs of travelers.Direct flights from
Mumbai and Chennai will open doors for more tourists to visit the country and
provide passengers traveling a much-needed shorter air
travel. Island Aviation Services Ltd hopes that this
will encourage more Indians to choose Maldives as a holiday destination. Chennai, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram are vastly known as
strong medical destinations where people travel from all over for medical
purposes. This direct route offers an alternative to Maldivians who travel for
medicals and leisure. The new route to Mumbai hopes to attract many tourists to
Maldives who are mostly leisure travelers whereas in Dhaka, Island Aviation
Services Ltd expects to target the labour travelers in the field of
construction, tourism, hospitality, and retail, he said.
Maldivian is the first aircraft to carry cargo in seat bags and utilise the
maximum capacity of the aircraft during the off season and only the Airline
making profit in this region due to quality manangement as per IATA and ICAO
standard, he added.
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