Malé International Airport

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Malé International Airport
IATA: MLE - ICAO: VRMM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Maldives Airports Company Ltd.
Serves		Malé
Elevation AMSL		6 ft (2 m)
Coordinates		4°11′30.6″N, 73°31′44.86″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
18/36	10,499	3,200	Asphalt

Malé International Airport (IATA: MLE, ICAO: VRMM), formerly known as Hulhulé Airport, is the main international airport in the Maldives. It is located on Hulhulé Island in the North Malé Atoll, near the capital island Malé.

Malé was the Maldives' only international airport until the upgrading of Gan to international standard. Though the upgrading of Gan International Airport has been completed regular international flight operations have yet to commence.

The airport opened on April 12, 1966, and was officially inaugurated under its new name on November 11, 1981. It is managed financially and administratively by an independent corporate entity known as Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL), which is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the President.

1 Airlines and destinations
2 New Airport
3 New Airlines
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Scheduled services

Malé International Airport

Air Europe (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
Air Italy (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
Batavia Airways (Amsterdam)
Blue Panorama Airlines (Colombo, Milan-Malpensa)
Bangkok Airways (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
Czech Airlines (Dubai, Prague)
China Eastern Airlines (Johannesburg, Shanghai-Pudong)
Condor Airlines (Frankfurt, Munich)
Emirates (Colombo, Dubai)
Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa)
First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
Indian Airlines (Bangalore, Cochin, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai[starts late 2008])
Island Aviation Services (Gan Island, Hanimaadhoo, Kaadedhdhoo, Kadhdhoo, Thiruvananthapuram [begins 2008])
Jazeera Airways (Dubai)
JetLite (Trivandrum)
Livingston Energy Flight (Milan-Malpensa)
LTU International (Düsseldorf, Munich)
Malaysia Airlines (Colombo, Kuala Lumpur)
Mihin Lanka (Colombo)
Martinair (Amsterdam)
Neos (Milan-Malpensa)
Qatar Airways (Doha)
Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
SriLankan Airlines (Colombo, London-Heathrow, Tokyo-Narita)
Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
Trans Maldivian Airways (Gan)
XL Airways France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)

[edit] Charter airlines

Air China (Beijing, Kunming)
Cathay Pacific (Colombo, Hong Kong)
Corsair (Paris-Orly)
Edelweiss Air (Zurich)
First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
Kras Air (Moscow-Domodedovo, Colombo, Dubai)
Martinair (Amsterdam)
Monarch Airlines (Manchester)
Neos (Milan-Malpensa)
Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
Thomsonfly (Manchester, London-Gatwick)
TUIfly Nordic (Stockholm-Arlanda)

[edit] Former Airlines

Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
AOM French Airlines
Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
Belair (Zurich)
Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
EVA Air (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
Mahan Air (Colombo, Tehran-Mehrabad)
Pakistan International Airlines (Karachi)
Viva Macau (Macau)

[edit] New Airport

The development of the old Malé International Airport has begun and already a regional airport for all domestic flights has been built. Furthermore, a new international terminal has been built with more facilities and 4 gates with carriage. This terminal was built with the help of the Saudi Arabian government. Also, the development of a new runway is going to start very soon. The airport's size will be increased by joining the Hulhumalé and the Hulhule island.

[edit] New Airlines

A lot of airlines have asked permission from the Maldivian government to start flights. It is said that about 15 airlines have asked for permission by the end of February 2007. Recently an agreement with the Polish government will start flights between Maldives and some European countries including Poland. The Maldivian government has also permitted the U.S. to start flights to Maldives .

These airlines have started flights to Maldives during 2006