Maldivian to commence Colombo flights next month

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Maldivian, the airline division of Island Aviation Services (IAS) is to commence operations to Sri Lanka, according to Managing Director of IAS Bandhu Ibrahim Saleem.

At a news conference held at Kalaafaanu School on Monday night to brief the media on the planned operations to Colombo, Bandhu Saleem said all necessary clearances have been obtained and that Maldivian will operate its first flight to Colombo on 6 November 2008. He further revealed that Maldivian will operate 6 flights per week to Sri Lanka.

“Dash 8 aircrafts will be utilized for all Maldivian flights to Colombo, flights to Colombo will take an estimated flight time of 1 hour ,it will be an all economy operations, there will be no business class, in-flight catering will be similar and of same standard as other airlines operating on this sector, we are offering one way ticket to Colombo at US $ 125.30, this is the cheapest rate currently available on market for the sector, departure from Male’ will be at 1800 hours and departure from Colombo will at 2115 hours and we will be operating flights all days of the week expect Wednesdays and Fridays” MD Bandhu said.

IAS informed that frequency of Colombo flights are to be increased in coming December. “We will be increasing our flights for the school holidays, we will be operating 14 flights per week and will operate 3 flights daily, and this is expected to provide some relief to the students and teachers going Sri Lanka for holidays and for those returning home” Bandhu Saleem said.

IAS commenced operations when the former national airline Air Maldives declared bankruptcy in 2000. The airline went regional and commenced flights to Trivandrum / India in January this year. IAS currently operates 14 flights per week to Trivandrum and 20 daily flights to domestic destinations from Male’.

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