Summary
- IndiGo will resume its non-stop Delhi-Malé flight later this 12 months.
- IndiGo will operate 4 weekly flights between Delhi and Malé, offering budget travel options for passengers who need to visit the favored destination.
- India has been the biggest source of tourism for the Maldives lately, with 1000’s of tourists visiting, even throughout the COVID pandemic.
The Maldives has been receiving quite a lot of love currently from Indian carriers, with multiple flight announcements to the country inside a span of days. Vistara was the primary to announce the Delhi- Malé flight, followed by IndiGo’s Hyderabad- Malé service resumption. And now, following within the footsteps of Vistara, IndiGo has brought back its own non-stop Delhi- Malé flight.
Delhi to Malé non-stop
IndiGo has announced that it’s going to resume non-stop flights between Delhi and Malé from November 1st. The airline goals to capitalize on the large demand from Indians heading to the island country. The flight was one in all the casualties of international travel in the previous few years, but there’s enough interest amongst tourists to bring this service back. Vinay Malhotra, Head of Global Sales, IndiGo, commented,
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Schedule
The airline will operate 4 weekly flights between the 2 destinations in keeping with the next schedule:
Flight No. |
Origin |
Destination |
Frequency |
Effective |
Departure |
Arrival |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6E 1135 |
Delhi |
Malé |
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday |
November 1st |
08:50 |
12:25 |
6E 1136 |
Malé |
Delhi |
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday |
November 1st |
13:25 |
18:05 |
IndiGo’s Delhi- Malé flight will compete with Vistara’s each day service on the route from October 1st. While IndiGo will provide no-frills budget travel options to passengers, those in search of a more premium experience can decide to fly one in all Vistara’s Airbus A320neo aircraft on this sector, featuring a three-class configuration.
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IndiGo’s recent announcement of the Hyderabad- Malé flight resumption may also add to its current 180 return flights between Male and Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Kochi. With the travel season across the corner, other Indian airlines could also start their very own Maldives services from India, particularly Air India.
Popular destination
When one looks on the previous years’ trends for travel between India and the Maldives, it’s easy to see why carriers have renewed interest in such flights. Such is the appeal for the Maldives amongst Indians that 1000’s continued to travel to the islands even throughout the COVID pandemic under the travel bubble arrangement.
In keeping with the information shared by India’s Ministry of External Affairs, India was the fifth largest source of tourists to the Maldives, with greater than 90,000 Indians visiting that 12 months. Nonetheless, there was a large jump in 2019, with India reaching the 2nd spot with greater than 166,000 tourist arrivals within the Maldives.
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After all, the pandemic resulted in a dip in those numbers, but in 2020, India actually emerged as the biggest source of tourism for the Maldives, with almost 63,000 Indians arriving at its shores. India retained the number one spot even in 2021 and 2022, with greater than 290,000 and 240,000 arrivals, respectively.
Are you planning to travel to the Maldives this 12 months? Are there every other points in India from which you prefer to to see direct connectivity with the Maldives?