Monday 24 October 2016

Mega Maldives Airlines starts thrice-weekly flights to Colombo from 3 November 2016

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals



Mega Maldives Airlines, the international airline of the Maldives,  today announced that it is launching its first scheduled flight to Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, on 3 November 2016, to meet growing demand for budget flights between both capitals following the business closure of Mihin Lanka. It operates thrice-weekly flights to Colombo from Male on Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays.

On 3 November 2016, Mega Maldives Airlines flight LV334 departs from Male for Colombo at 1.10 pm, arrives in Colombo at 2.50 pm before leaving Colombo for Male at 3.50 pm and touching down in Male at 4.55 pm under flight LV335 using its B737-800 aircraft.

A return flight of Mega Maldives Airlines to Colombo costs from 165 US Dollars while a one-way fare may cost from 70 to 95 US Dollars depending on direction of travel.

Mega Maldives Airlines adds that it is resuming scheduled flights to Kuala Lumpur four times a week and to Jeddah thrice a week on 15 November 2016 although at this time, the fares are not published on-line yet. It plans to introduce a once-weekly flight to Medinah later in November to complement its Jeddah flight operations.

Besides new services to Colombo, Kuala Lumpur, Jeddah and Medinah, Mega Maldives Airlines plans to launch direct flights from Male to Delhi by December 2016 and shortly to Mumbai, later to Kolkata and Dhaka in the future. The schedules are not confirmed yet.

Currently, Mega Maldives Airlines operates direct scheduled flights from Male to Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, as well as tour charter flights from Male to Chengdu, Shenyang, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou, Macau, Dar Es Salaam and Koror via Hong Kong using its fleet of 3 B767-300 ER and 1 B737-800 aircraft.

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