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Velana International Airport

Coordinates: 4°11′30.6″N 73°31′44.86″E / 4.191833°N 73.5291278°E / 4.191833; 73.5291278
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Malé International Airport

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View of Malé Airport on final approach
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMaldives Airports Company Ltd.
ServesMalé
LocationHulhulé Island
Elevation AMSL6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates4°11′30.6″N 73°31′44.86″E / 4.191833°N 73.5291278°E / 4.191833; 73.5291278
Websitewww.airports.com.mv
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
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.

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled services

Exit to Malé

Charter airlines

Former Airlines

Incidents and accidents

Airport Construction

To alleviate congestion, redvelopment of the old Malé International Airport has begun; a new international terminal has been built adding four more gates and more facilities (built with the help of the Saudi Arabia government), the construction of a new runway is going to start soon, and the airport's size is to be increased by joining the Hulhumalé and Hulhule islands.

Furthermore, a regional airport for all domestic flights has been built to alleviate Malé International.

New Airlines

A lot of airlines have asked permission from the Maldivian government to start flights; about 15 airlines total have argued for permission as 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 an American airline to start flights to Maldives.

These airlines have started flights to Maldives during 2006

See also

  1. ^ http://www.aviainfo.gov.mv/publications/accidents/2008_1.php
  2. ^ http://www.aviainfo.gov.mv/publications/accidents/2008_1.php
  3. ^ http://www.aviainfo.gov.mv/publications/accidents/2008_1.php
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