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Maldivian
starts 5 weekly flights to Sri Lanka
Maldivian, the airline division of Island Aviation Services
of the Maldives commenced its scheduled operations to
Colombo effective 06 November 2008.
Maldivian will initially operate five daily flights
on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Flights leave Malé at 1800hrs and arrive in Colombo
at 2030hrs while flights leaving Colombo at 2115hrs
arrive in the Maldivian capital at 2245hrs (all local
times)
According to the Maldivian sources, two types of aircraft,
Bombardier Dash8 Q300 (50 seats) and Q200 (37 seats)
will be utilised by Maldivian for operations to and
from Colombo. This is the second destination which has
been included in Maldivian International network after
Trivandrum in India.
Free lounge facilities will also be offered to all passengers
who travel on Maldivian. They can avail themselves of
the ‘Palm Strip Lounge’ in Colombo and the
“Finifenmaa” Lounge in Malé.
Managing Director of Maldivian, Bandhu Ibrahim Saleem
said that he was happy with commencement of the flights
to Sri Lanka. “Given the vast tourist potential
between our two countries, we foresee a booming business
and great promise in this sector”.
Maldivian is represented in Sri Lanka by Hemas Aviation
(Pvt) Ltd, the GSA for Maldivian since 01 Dec 2000.
Head of Hemas Aviation Chamara Ranasinghe was delighted
that the air link between Sri Lanka and Maldives is
further enhanced by the arrival of Maldivian. “This
will undoubtedly give the Sri Lankan market a greater
choice of airlines and further assist passengers to
conveniently link with their internal route network
within the Maldives”, he said.
Head of Hemas Transportation sector Imtiaz Esufally
noted that the company has over a decade long relationship
with Maldivian, and looked forward to supporting and
growing with them, in the years to come.
Maldivian is the airline division of Island Aviation
Services based in Male in the Maldives. It operates
international flights in addition to inter-island services.
Its main base is Male International Airport.
The Government of the Republic of the Maldives, under
a Presidential decree, incorporated Island Aviation
Services Limited on 13 April 2000, as a limited liability
Company which is hundred percent owned by the Government
of Maldives. On
25 August 2008 the airline division of Island Aviation
Services was re-branded as Maldivian. The Company’s
core business activities include Domestic Air Services,
Ground Handling, Cargo Services at Malé International
Airport, Operation of CIP lounge at Malé International
Airport, Engineering Services and Flight Operations.
To meet the challenges, Island Aviation Services Limited
is committed to providing the highest possible levels
of service to its principal airlines and passengers
by use of automation, modernisation and with a trained
and motivated team of staff that form an integral part
of the business.
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