These Countries Fly Direct to Malé (MLE)
Getting to the Maldives
Updated 10 November, 2024
The Maldives is connected by direct flights to 24 countries. Travel is more convenient and time efficient with non-stop flights. All of the Maldives top 10 travel markets, besides the US, fly directly to Maldives.
In Asia, travelers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are able to fly directly to Maldives. After a two-year hiatus, direct flights from China resumed on January 18, 2023.
European countries flying directly to Maldives include the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Poland, Austria, Russia and Turkey. The Maldives is connected directly to the Middle Eastern countries of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Kazakhstan is the only central asian country with direct flights to Maldives.
Currently, there are no direct flights from Australia, Africa or the Americas to Maldives.
Countries Flying Direct to Maldives:
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- China
- France
- Germany
- India
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Malaysia
- Poland
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
- Russia
- Thailand
- Turkey
- The United Kingdom
- United Arab Emirates
- Azerbaijan
Maldives Airport
Maldives, the most dispersed country on the planet with 1,192 islands spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometres, already has 15 airports, including five international airports. Honeymoon islands with white sandy beaches and beautiful blue lagoons surrounded by turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean pleasing to the eye already on the airplane board before landing at one of the airports of the Maldives.
Over a million tourists from across the globe visit the Indian Ocean island nation every year to holiday in one of the 120 resorts and 300 plus guesthouses located in all corners of the country. The multi-billion dollar tourism industry, which is the country’s main economic activity, relies heavily on the domestic transport infrastructure, especially air travel.
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