Maldivian flights commence
Maldivian, the airline division of Island Aviation Services of the
Maldives has commenced its scheduled operations to Colombo.
Maldivian will initially operate five daily flights on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
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Managing Director, Maldivian, Bandhu Ibrahim Saleem, Director,
Hemas Aviation (Pte) Ltd., Imitiaz Esufally and Head, Hemas
Transportation Chamara Ranasinghe.
Picture by Sumanachandra Ariyawansa. |
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 the Maldivian
International network after Trivandrum, India.
Managing Director of Maldivian, Bandhu Ibrahim Saleem said that he
was happy with the 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”.
He said that there is still a huge amount of capacity and it is a
growing market. Maldivian is represented in Sri Lanka by Hemas Aviation
(Pvt) Ltd, the GSA for Maldivian since December 1, 2000.
Director Hemas Aviation (Pvt) Ltd., Imitiaz Esufally said Maldivian
flying to Sri Lanka is a very welcome move as it will help increase
trade, as well as the movement of people between the two countries.
This is a great for the aviation industry of Sri Lanka. He said that
he was delighted that the air link between Sri Lanka and the Maldives
has been 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 Imitiaz Esufally said 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 Company’s core business activities include Domestic Air Services,
Ground Handling, Cargo Services at the Male International Airport
Operation of CIP lounge at the Male International Airport and the
Engineering Services and Flight Operations. |
