MUMBAI: National Airline, Maldivian has announced that they will be operating direct flights from Mumbai, India to Noonu Maafaru from 13th April 2021.
Starting April 13, Maldivian will operate three flights a week on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays to Maafaru, with a flying time of around two-and-half hours. Currently, Maldivian operates three flights from the Indian Ocean island country's capital Male to Thiruvananthapuram, two to Kochi besides Chennai, with Mumbai set to join next month.
On March 14, Maldivian’s Managing Director Mohamed Mihad had announced that the airline has made the necessary arrangements to welcome the first direct flight from Mumbai to Maafaru. “Our team has met with the resorts and guesthouses in the area and even met with Indian tour operators to make the arrangements,”
Maafaru International Airport is located on the picturesque Noonu atoll of north Maldives and was opened for tourism in 2019, said an official.The region offers over 10,000 tourist beds spread across four atolls making this new sector a winner in the leisure markets.
Maldives, comprising 1,190 coral isles forming an archipelago of 26 major atolls, is among the top favourite global shooting destinations for Bollywood with scores of films having been shot there.
This year, so far more than 50,000 Indian tourists, including a large number from Mumbai, have travelled to the island nation which straddles the Equator and offers a year-round mild climate with natural beauty of the sea, sun and sand.
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