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Maafaru Airport
Maafaru International Airport is an international airport located on Maafaru, one of the islands of the Noonu Atoll in Maldives. It was officially opened on 1 December 2019. Background The building of the airport is part of a scheme to develop Noonu Atoll as a luxury tourist zone. The plan to construct an airport was first announced by President Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom in the 2000s, and the actual construction was initiated in 2017 by his brother Abdulla Yameen who succeeded him. The building of the airport was funded by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development of United Arab Emirates which provided a grant of US$60 million. It features a 2,200-meter runway that can handle commercial aircraft the size of Airbus A320s and the Boeing 737s. It was constructed by a Singaporean contractor, Tuff Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. Test flight at the airport began on 14 August 2018. Although not completed, the airport project was inaugurated by President Abdulla Yameen on 28 August 2018. After a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maafaru (Noonu Atoll)
Maafaru (Dhivehi : މާފަރު. ) is one of the inhabited islands of Noonu Atoll in the Maldives. Geography The island is north of the country's capital, Malé. Demography Transport Maafaru International Airport was built in 2018, having a runway, and built with aid from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) is a foreign aid agency established by the government of Abu Dhabi in 1971. The fund provides concessionary loans to fund economic and social development projects. The fund also invests in order to expand .... References Islands of the Maldives {{Maldives-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maldivian (airline)
Maldivian is the airline division of Island Aviation Services based in Malé, in the Maldives. It is the flag carrier Airline of the Maldives. It operates international flights in addition to inter-island services. Its main base is Velana International Airport. History On 23 April 2009, the Government under a Presidential decree incorporated Island Aviation Services Limited as a limited liability company, one hundred percent owned by the Government of Maldives. The airline began operations with three aircraft; a Bombardier Dash 8 Q200; and a Dornier 228, and served only domestic airports within the Maldives. The airline commenced its international flights on 26 January 2008 with scheduled flights to Trivandrum International Airport, Thiruvananthapuram, India. On 25 August 2008, the airline division of Island Aviation Services was re-branded as Maldivian. Flight Q27100, a Viking Air De Havilland DHC-6-200 aircraft with registration marks 8Q-IAG, suffered an accident during three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports In The Maldives
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off and to land or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals, to maintain and monitor aircraft. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, airports also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation. Operating airports is extremely complicated, with a complex system of aircraft support services, passenger services, and aircraft control services contained within the operation. Thus airports can be major employers, as well as important hubs for tourism and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Airlines Of The Maldives
This is a list of airlines operating in The Maldives. Scheduled airlines See also * List of airlines * List of defunct airlines of Maldives * List of defunct airlines of Asia References {{Asia topic, List of airlines of Airlines of the Maldives, * Lists of airlines by country, Maldives Maldives transport-related lists, Airlines Lists of companies of the Maldives, Airlines Lists of airlines of Asia, Maldives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Airports In The Maldives
This is a list of airports in the Maldives, grouped by type and sorted by location. The ''Maldives'' or ''Maldive Islands'', officially the ''Republic of Maldives'', is an island country in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of 26 atolls stretching in a north–south direction off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and Chagos Archipelago. It stands in the Laccadive Sea, about southwest of Sri Lanka. The atolls of Maldives encompass a territory spread over roughly , making it one of the most disparate countries in the world. It features 1,192 islets, of which two hundred are inhabited. The Republic of Maldives's capital and largest city is Malé. Airports Airport names shown in bold have scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines. See also * Transport in the Maldives * List of airports by ICAO code: V#VR - Maldives * List of airlines of the Maldives * Wikipedia: Airline destination lists: Asia#Maldives References External links Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velana International Airport
Velana International Airport (VIA) (Dhivehi: ) is the main international airport in the Maldives. It is located on Hulhulé Island in the North Malé Atoll, nearby the capital island Malé. The airport is well connected with major airports around the world, mostly serving as the main gateway into the Maldives for tourists. It is managed financially and administratively by an independent corporate entity known as Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL). History Hulhulé Airport The airport first started out as a small strip of land on the then inhabited island of Hulhulé. Hulhulé Airport was opened on 19 October 1960. The first runway built on Hulhulé Island was made of slotted steel sheets. This runway was . The first aircraft which landed at the airport was a Royal New Zealand Air Force Bristol Freighter, NZ5906, on 19 October 1960 at 13:55hrs. The first commercial flight was an Air Ceylon flight (Avro 748; 4R-ACJ) landed on this runway was at 15:50hrs on 10 April 1962. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manta Air
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Ifuru Airport
Ifuru Airport is a domestic airport located in the Ungoofaaru area in Maldives. It is an operational public airport. Specifications Ifuru Airport is at an elevation of 6 ft (2m) from the mean sea level. It has one runway with length 1200m and direction 18/36. The runway has an asphalt surface. The airport caters small island-hopping Leapfrogging, also known as island hopping, was a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Empire of Japan during World War II. The key idea is to bypass heavily fortified enemy islands instead of trying to ca ... flights. References Airports in the Maldives {{asia-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanimaadhoo Airport
Hanimaadhoo International Airport ( dv, ހަނިމާދޫ ބައިނަލްއަޤުވާމީ ވައިގެ ބަނދަރު ) is an airport located on the island of HanimaadhooAirport information for VRMH from (effective October 2006) in , , opened as a domestic airport. It was upgraded to an international airport on 2 February 2012, with the introduction of direct flights to |
Ibrahim Nasir International Airport
Velana International Airport (VIA) (Dhivehi: ) is the main international airport in the Maldives. It is located on Hulhulé Island in the North Malé Atoll, nearby the capital island Malé. The airport is well connected with major airports around the world, mostly serving as the main gateway into the Maldives for tourists. It is managed financially and administratively by an independent corporate entity known as Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL). History Hulhulé Airport The airport first started out as a small strip of land on the then inhabited island of Hulhulé. Hulhulé Airport was opened on 19 October 1960. The first runway built on Hulhulé Island was made of slotted steel sheets. This runway was . The first aircraft which landed at the airport was a Royal New Zealand Air Force Bristol Freighter, NZ5906, on 19 October 1960 at 13:55hrs. The first commercial flight was an Air Ceylon flight (Avro 748; 4R-ACJ) landed on this runway was at 15:50hrs on 10 April 1962. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FlyMe (Maldivian Airline)
Villa Air is a Maldivian airline launched on March 14, 2011. It has its headquarters on the fifth floor of the Villa House in Malé. The airline is operated by Villa Air, a subsidiary company of Villa Group, and began operations on 1 October 2011. The company slogan is ''We fly you in style.'' Destinations Villa Air's destinations as of July 2019 include the following airports: *Ari - Villa International Airport Maamigili - VAM - Hub * Maalhosmadulu - Dharavandhoo Airport - DRV *Malé - Velana International Airport - MLE - Base Villa Air also offers special request flights to the following destinations: *Hanimaadhoo - Hanimaadhoo International Airport - HAQ (from Dharavandhoo Airport) * Kadhdhoo - Kadhdhoo Airport - KDO (from Villa International Airport Maamigili Villa International Airport Maamigili , also known as Villa-Maamigili Airport, is an airport in the Maldives. It is located on the island of Maamigili in Alif Dhaal Atoll. The airport was developed by Maldivian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (sod, grass, soil, dirt, gravel, ice, sand or road salt, salt). Runways, as well as taxiways and Airport apron, ramps, are sometimes referred to as "tarmac", though very few runways are built using Tarmacadam, tarmac. Takeoff and landing areas defined on the surface of water for seaplanes are generally referred to as waterways. Runway lengths are now International Civil Aviation Organization#Use of the International System of Units, commonly given in meters worldwide, except in North America where feet are commonly used. History In 1916, in a World War I war effort context, the first concrete-paved runway was built in Clermont-Ferrand in France, allowing local company Michelin to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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