Ever since the beginning of the Maldives tourism-revival journey, Emirates has been the top airline bringing in tourists into the country even before and is continuing to do so.

Emirates had flown in 192,074 tourists to Maldives between January 1-November 3 2021, as per the latest statistics publicized by the Ministry of Tourism revealed. Since borders were re-opened on 15^TH July 2020, the airline has made its way into the shortlist of airlines operating to the Maldives plus topped the list too.

Emirates increased the frequency of flights operating to the island nation in the beginning of the year. Emirates is expecting the boosted services to meet the required market demand to the popular holiday destination.

-Other airlines operating flights to Maldives include:

• Aeroflot with 800 flight movements and 116,205 passengers
• Go Air with 1,314 flight movements and 79,375 passengers
• Fly Dubai with 1,028 flight movements and 54,362 passengers
• Turkish Airlines with 758 flight movements and 49,505 passengers
• Etihad Airways with 580 flight movements and 37,651 passengers
• Lufthansa with 218 flight movements and 22,247passengers
• Azur Air Russia with 86 flight movements and 21,070 passengers
• Spice Jet with 448 flight movements and 16,805 passengers
• Saudi Arabian Airlines with 350 flight movements and 16,506 passengers
• Sri Lankan Airlines with 1,140 flight movements and 16,412 passengers
• Condor with 160 flight movements and 16,176 passengers
• Edelweiss with 132 flight movements and 11,691 passengers
• Air India with 208 flight movements and 10,765 passengers
• Gulf Air with 572 flight movements and 9,517 passengers
• Austrian Airlines with 86 flight movements and 9,195 passengers
• Singapore Airlines with 378 flight movements and 7,928 passengers
• British Airways with 134 flight movements and 7,240 passengers
• Air Seychelles with 106 flight movements and 5,152 passengers
• Blue Panorama with 36 flight movements and 4,968 passengers
• Air India Express with 28 flight movements and 2,388 passengers
• Silk Air with 50 flight movements and 1,264 passengers
• Neos with eight flight movements and 966 passengers
• Lot Polish Airlines with eight flight movements and 1,082 passengers
• Air France with eight flight movements and 425 passengers
• 380 passengers touched down in Maldives on other airlines

Furthermore, Maldives recorded 24,788 out of the total of 1,027,154 visitors logged so far this year, having arrived in chartered international flights. Maldives is gearing up to mark 50 years since the tourism industry’s inception, in 2022, which is to be celebrated as the golden year of tourism in Maldives.