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Effective 01st February 2012, enjoy a saving of  Mrf 100/-  when you purchase return ticket from our Domestic sectors...

Flights are now open for sale to Fuvahmulak.
Enjoy a special fares till end of Feb 2012. Enjoy even LOWER fares by booking ONLINE.
Don't miss the opportunity to see the beauty of this unique island!
 
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The first commercial flight to our newest destination, Gn. Fuvahmulak (FVM),  is now open for sale. 
It is scheduled to depart on 11.11.11 at 0700hrs from Male'. Return flight from Fuvahmulak will depart at 0845hrs from FVM.

Q2600 MLE/FVM 0700-0825
Q2601 FVM/MLE 0845-1010

Scheduled flights to FVM and..

 Additional flights mounted starting tomorrow onwards to Addu City. Book online here or drop in to our offices or call our sales agents. Enjoy the holidays!..

Wishing our customers and the wonderful people of Maldives a blessed Eid Al-Adha. Enjoy the holidays!
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A new aircraft, an ATR  42-500 with a seat capacity of 48 seats, joins the Maldivian aircraft fleet. This will be a temporary addition which is crucial to meet the peak season demand. We will be acquiring a new Dash 8 Q300 aircraft in February 2012. Maldivian will be taking all necessary steps to ensure that we do everything possible to meet our customer needs...

Additional flights to GAN & Kaadehdhoo will be operated for the period of 15th to 30th November 2011. 

Q2-121 Departure from GAN 0145hrs
Q2-120 Departure from Male' 0340hrs

Q2-521 Departure from Kaadehdhoo 0140hrs
Q2-520 Departure from Male' 0415hrs

Special Dhanberu fare applies. Rf889 to Kaadehdhoo & Rf999 To Gan. Fare includ..

Effective from 2nd Oct 2011, 3.5% of total fare will be collected as GST for all sectors. GST will also be applicable to promotional fares...

The aircraft 8Q AMD has been modified to offer business class seats to passengers of Maldivian. The very first passengers in business class traveled yesterday, 26th April 2011 on Q2 502 to Kadehdhoo...

Jumeirah Dhevanafushi Island Resort & Spa in G. Alif atoll marked its official opening today, 27th April 2011 and the very first guests (7 passengers) to the resort traveled in business class on Maldivian Q2 504 at 1020hrs today. The guests were also able to enjoy a small rest before their domestic flight to KDM at the CIP Lounge.
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Six Senses Laamu - Maldives on Olhuveli Island in Laamu Atoll had its soft opening on 2nd April 2011 and the very first guests (9 passengers) to the resort traveled on Maldivian Q2 300 at 1040hrs on the same day. The guests were also able to enjoy a small rest before their domestic flight to KDO at the Moonima Lounge...

New cargo office has been opened today, 20th March 2011 located at Island Aviation Services head office on 26 Ameeru Ahmed Magu. An additional office is also based at Male' International Airport.
The services provided at the cargo Male’ Office is accepting and sending packages or shipments of up to 10kg to all domestic airports. No perishable items or items that need special handling ..

Maldivian has been recognized by Directorate General of Civil Aviation, India for the airline with the 5th On Time Performance (Departure) among 52 airline operators. Congratulations team Maldivian!..

COLLECTION OF TOURISM GOODS SERVICES TAX OF 3.5% EFFECTIVE 1ST JAN 2011

Under the T-GST Act 19/2010, Island Aviation Services Ltd is required to collect a T-GST of 3.5% on air transportation services provided to tourists. Tourists for tax purposes are classified as those foreigners who enter the Maldives under a Tourist Visa. Work Permit holders/Business Visa holders/Special Visa ho..

Maldivian is pleased to announce the launch of it's very first in-flight magazine, 'Vara'. In tune with our culture and tradition, the name 'Vara' was chosen to purposefully give the magazine a dhivehi name. 'Vara' means 'Wings' in English and specifically wings that gave man flight. 
The magazine is made available to all our customers onboard our flights, airport lounges and from our..

Please be informed that Trivandrum fares with journey commencing from Male' will be increasing from 1st Nov 2010 till 31st Dec 2010. This will result in an increase of USD 5 per sector. ..

Please be informed that it has been decided to introduce a 'No-Show' fee effective from 1st October 2010 on all trivandrum sector travels.
'No-Show' passengers: A 'No-Show' fee will be taken from passengers who has a confirmed reservation and fails to report for check-in on the date of travel.
Rebooking, date change or cancellation of reservation should be done 24hours before the dep..

All domestic fares will be increased MVR 50/- per flight sector from Thursday, 15th July 2010. Therefore, all tickets issued effective Thursday, 15th July 2010 onwards for travel will be issued more MVR 50/- per sector.
 
All fares can be viewed from the website, please note that the new fares will take effect on Thursday, 15th July 2010..

Effective 30th June 2010, medical stretchers can be carried in both Dornier 228 aircraft as well as the Dash8 300 (8Q IAP) aircraft. Therefore, medical stretchers can now be accommodated to Trivandrum, India on Maldivian as well on the approved Dash8 300.

The very first stretcher on 8Q IAP was carried from Kaadedhdhoo to Male' on 30th June 2010.
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Island Aviation Services Limited partakes in the Bombardier biennium conference for Q-Series and CRJ Series aircraft operators in Toronto, Canada. The conference and the trade show was participated by more than sixty airline operators from around the world and Bombardier honored 18 airline operators for world class operational performance. Airline Reliability Performance Awards were presented to Q..

The management of maldivian has taken the decision to discontinue Colombo flights from 1st May 2010.
All passengers confirmed to travel after 1st May 2010 is offered full refund for their tickets...

A special historical charter flight was mounted on 19th March from KDM/HAQ and on 26th March from HAQ/KDM to transfer the athletes and officials of the G.Dh Atoll Thauleemee Marukaz participated in the Makita Atoll Junio Championships 2010.
 
The school achieved numerous awards including the best school of the Championships 2010 as well as a student from the school bro..

A special group of 49 RAF veterans arrived on 22nd March for a re-union at the former RAF base - GAN island, Addu Atoll. The trip was organised by Cosmos Holidays and all passengers were transferred to GAN on Maldivian flight Q2 104.
A special quick event was held at Male' International Airport to receive the passengers and a grand ceremony was held at GAN to welcome the ex-servicemen.

A special group of 123 guests of Robinson Club Maldives was transferred to Kaadedhdhoo Domestic Airport on the 14th March on Maldivian within 02hours after their arrival from Emirates and Condor. The passengers were transferred on Q2500, Q2520 and Q2524.
Robinson Club Maldives complimented IAS team for the fast and smooth operation.
Please refer gallery for related photos. ..

Maldivian is pleased to inform that we are mounting 4 additional flights to Trivandrum on 17th, 18th, 26th and 27th March for the mid term school holidays.
So all passengers are requested to book early in order to reserve their travel in advance and enjoy their vacation.
Contact us for more details...

Maldivian has reintroduced Dhanberu promotion effective 15th January 2010 after removing the fare for peak season.
The fare has been reintroduced with new offer to G.Dh Kaadehdhoo of MRF 888 (one way including taxes). Dhanberu fare is also applicable for S. Gan of MRF 999 (one way including taxes). Additional terms and conditions are applicable for the fare as well.
Dhanberu fare is ..

Maldivian will be operating 4 flights a week to Colombo from 20th Jan 2010 till end of summer. Therefore, Maldivian will be operating flights to Colombo from the 20th onwards on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only...

Friday, 8th January 2010 will be a historical day in the regional operations of Maldivian with the operation of additional 3 flights to Trivandrum in order to bring home the Maldivians travelled for holidays and any remaining teachers before the opening of schools on the 10th of January.
Maldivian will be operating Dash8 300 aircrafts which are all 50 seater aircrafts on this day.

Robinson Club Maldives on Funamaudua Island in Gaafu Alifu Atoll opened for operations on 19th December 2009 and the very first guests to the resort travelled on Maldivian Q2 500 at 1000hrs on the same day. The property consists of 100 rooms is the very first property of Robinson Club Chain in the Maldives. The very first guests (5 pax) arrived on Edelweiss and an additional 15 passengers arrived ..

Maldivian has advertised that effective 22nd December 2009 till 10th January 2010 they will be operating 3 flights a day to Trivandrum, India to accommodate the demand of customers during this peak travel season. ..

Maldivian has today expanded its regional operations with its first flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka. The first flight was operated using the newly acquired Dash8 300 aircraft. The management of Island Aviation informs that initially they will be operating 5 flights a week but will be increasing the flights according to the demand of the customers. The route was commenced with a special introductory f..

The airline division of Island Aviation Services Ltd has been rebranded as Maldivian. The ceremony took place at Dharubaaruge lastnight officiated by the president.
The management of IAS informed that the reason for rebranding the airline division was to establish a brand that reflected the culture and people of the country the airline belonged to especially while operating outside the wate..

Island Aviation Services has today commenced its regional operations with its first flight to Trivandrum, India. The first flight was operated using the Dash8-300 aircraft carrying 50 passengers. The management of Island Aviation informs that initially they will be operating 5 flights a week but will be increasing the flights according to the demand of the customers.
IAS was formed by the g..

Island Aviation Services (IAS) has revealed that the company has introduced online booking or online reservations.
According to IAS, the online bookings and electronic ticketing system was introduced as part of the airlines efforts to widen and expand the services provided to customers travelling on Maldivian flights.
The online ticketing and reservation service introduced is a conve..