Glance in to the lifestyle of aviation in the Maldives with daily news & updates of current events and exploration into the history & people in this field.
When the weather turns to bad flying seaplanes is a great challenge. The rough water conditions prove to be very difficult to operate in and out of. It takes a very special set of skills to master to be a professional seaplane crew.
Here’s another seaplane video operating in challenging weather condition.
This time the
@MaldivianAero
Seaplane
#TwinOtter
makes a go around unable to make the landing and comes back for the second attempt.
#AviatorsMaldives
Video: chinthaka303
Geo Sky
#Boeing
747-200 Reg: 4L-GEN at
@VelanaAirport
this morning from
@DXB
.
The aircraft arrived with 32 tonnes of cargo which includes ICU machines and medical equipments. This strengthens the medical facilities to fight against ongoing
#Covid19
Pandemic.
#AviatorsMaldives
Here’s how an Air Traffic Controller, Mr
@saalhey
came up with a brilliant idea that help Land
@MaldivianAero
Dornier Aircraft at night without any runway lights.
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Villa Air FlyMe's Captain Sanoon Naseer has passed away.
إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Mey Allah reward him with a place in jannah and grant his family the strength and patience to overcome this period.
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An Instagram user has posted several now removed videos of Trans Maldivian Airways and Manta Air Seaplane Twin Otters taken in very close proximity to the aircraft while on approach to landing.
Meet Mr. Ismail Naufal, the first Boeing 787 licensed aircraft maintenance engineer from the
#Maldives
.
A proud moment and an excellent step forward... Congratulations..! 🎉😃🇲🇻
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Maldivian Air Traffic Controller Mr. Ahmed Isam has been promoted to Head of Training at Fujairah Air Navigation Services (FANS) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Alhamdulillah
Mom & Dad, this ones for you. Really wish you both could’ve witnessed this together. Mom, you’re the best. Your support and sacrifices are what brought me where I am today, I owe you my life. - Yaan Abdul Sattar
Congratulations
@regularpizza_
Ms Shayan went to her
#Emirates
job interview with zero experience, a burrowed suit and became the first and only
#Maldivian
Flight Attending working for Emirates. 😍
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#flightattedantday
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Trans Maldivian Airways Captain Mohamed Musthafa has passed away.
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ
Captain Mohamed Musthafa started his career as a cabin crew and progressed his way to become a senior Line Training Captain.
Beautiful pictures of Hulhule Airport taken in 1977 and Male’ International Airport taken in the 1980s.
The pictures were taken by Mr.Bruno de Giusti and his father. The family has visited the Maldives on many occasions since 1977, even up to 5-6 times a year.
Here’s a comparison picture of what a typical
#supersunday
would look like in the
#Maldivian
skies vs how it is now after
#Covid19
pandemic.Not even 10 am and there’s only 6 arrivals on schedule left for the day of which only one flight is international.
#AviatorsMaldives
A
#Korean
Air Airbus A330-322 aircraft (HL7525) overshot the runway at
#Cebu
International Airport (CEB) on third attempt to landing after going around twice at low height.
The A330 overshot the runway end at 80 knots coming to a stop about 360 meters (1200ft) past the RW end
Massive shout out to
@TransMaldivian
Captain
@shafee_ahmed
on reaching 10,000 hours as a pilot.
Starting as a flight dispatcher to now the safety pilot of the largest seaplane operator in the world.
Congratulations Captain 😍😍👏👏
Video by Aeronautica Militare, the Italian Air Force showing cockpit video of formation flying over Velana International Airport and midair refueling.
Video: Aeronautica Militare
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#AviationinCovid19
Captain Haizam and his colleagues are part of the national airline flight crew working in the front line since the start of
#covid19
. The airline started air cargo operations providing much needed medical supplies and other essential cargo keeping the country
Happy International Flight Attendants Day.
Today let’s take a look at what flight attendants do at their job: A flight attendant is someone whose primary duty is to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers during an
#airline
flight.
Bangladesh Air-force Lockheed C130J Hercules is scheduled to arrive today at 15:30 local time to
@VelanaAirport
bringing back 70 Maldivian nationals who were stranded at Bangladesh and Nepal and also a 10 member Bangladeshi medical team who will be assisting with the COVID19..
On this day 3 years ago, the largest commercial passenger airplane in the world, the Airbus A380 landed in the Maldives for the very first time.
To make it even special, onboard piloting this historical flight was a Maldivian pilot Mr. Ali Ahsan.
If all airlines in the
#Maldives
introduced small single engine airplanes; this is how their livery’s will look on it.
Looks great doesn’t it?
#AviatorsMaldives
Source: Abaan Ahmed Mohamed
How the Maldivian airspace was during yesterdays
#SuperSunday
traffic. Hundreds of airplane movements took place across the
#Maldives
.
Massive shoutout to all air traffic controllers who make sure all of these airplanes navigate safely through the airspace.
@matca_info
👏 👏
Today we would like to give a massive shout out to
@MaldivianAero
Deputy Chief Pilot Captain Sim Jaabir for achieving 10,000 flight hours flying as a pilot in the Maldives. Captain Sim Jaabir has achieved this feat while working front line operating Covid19 related flights 1/2
#AviationinCovid19
@saalhey
and his colleagues over at Maldives air traffic control services are in line in duty during the pandemic to ensure safety of our skies. ATC’s task is to prevent collisions, organize and expedite the flow of air traffic, and provide information and ..
Passenger punches airline employee at Velana International Airport in the presence of what appears to be airport security from which non attempts to control the passenger. Such escalations should strictly be prevented at the airport.
Video: Mvcrisis
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Amazing video footage of National Airline
@MaldivianAero
#Dash8
Depearture out of
#Gan
International Airport.
#Aviation
was among the most rapidly growing industries in the
#Maldives
with all airlines expanding, number of aircraft on the rise, number of pilots, engineers,
#AviationInCovid19
Meet flight dispatcher
@MohamedZahul
and his colleague’s at the
@MaldivianAero
’s flight dispatch OCC.
“The biggest change to our work was the increase in cargo flights to multiple destinations including destinations that we havent operated before.
New
#SunSiyam
Resorts
#Maldivian
traditional design livery on the DHC6 Twin Otter. What do you think of this livery? 😍
Photo: moosaraj
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More pictures from the contrail formed from
@emirates
#Boeing
777 entering holding pattern over
#Maldivian
skies while descending through 30,000ft. 😍
Photo: Mohamed Khaleel, Yoran Bronowski, Zeen Thu
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Regarding this post: Birds are a very risky factor to airplanes whether at land or sea. No Pilot will intentionally fly into an area with a flock of birds as it can easily cause damage to the airplanes windshield, fuselage, antennas, propellers and can even destroy an engine.
Massive congratulations to
@MantaAir
’s newest two cadet pilots, Ahmed Ameem Thaha and Aishath Sajiyaan Ab Sattar on completing their check ride.
All the best in your careers. Happy landings ! 😄 ✈️
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Longest serving Air Traffic Controller in Maldives Ahmed Rasheed retired after 46 years.
Thank you for your service. 👏👏👏👏
Source/Photo: Hussain Didi | Nathan Velayudhan
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#AviatorsMaldives
United States Air Force ‘Night watch’ 747-200B lands in
@VelanaAirport
. The Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP), the current "Nightwatch" aircraft is a strategic command and control military aircraft. The E-4 series are specially modified from the
@Boeing
747-200B.
“It's been a wonderful experience ferrying a twin otter (DHC-6) from Florida to Maldives. 7 days on this journey from Florida, crossing over Atlantic Ocean, traveling to KFPR-KSFQ-KBGR-LPPD-LEMH-OJAQ-OMAL-VRMM-VRMU. Thank you
@MantaAir
for this opportunity.” - Capt @ naibe1981
It’s the 55th birthday of the De Havilland DHC6
#TwinOtter
.
Today marks the anniversary of Twin Otter's First Flight in 1965. Twin Otter has become world renowned versatile and reliable aircraft with amazing performance characteristics in a wide variety of roles, and a..
A fleet of Italy Air Force military aircraft are transiting in Velana International Airport (VIA). These aircraft transited twice before in VIA the last year.
Photo: Respective Owner
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Runway markings have been removed recently from the new runway at
@VelanaAirport
. The new runway is currently used as a taxi way until it can only be opened as a runway once
#TMA
seaplane terminal can be removed and seaplane operations moves entirely to new
#Seaplane
terminal.
Do you know; This
#Condor
Airlines A330neo Registration D-ANRA with Green (Island) Vertical line livery is a brand new aircraft that was delivered only a week ago and todays flight DE2320 to
@VelanaAirport
was the aircraft just second revenue flight.
Photo: anooof_ahmed
Island Aviation Services Limited announced that
@MaldivianAero
has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai-based
@emirates
airline to explore codeshare, interline, and joint holiday package opportunities.
Video from on board TMA flight today providing details to the events that took place.
The aircraft touchdown however the right side float partially detached. The crew safely evacuated all passenger to the first responder boats from the near by resort and later towed the
This video is dedicated to all
#AAA
students who have suffered a lot because of the negligence by responsible authorities.
@aaa_union
Don’t let them crush your dreams even when they try to make it very hard.
By: @ udhuhey.golaa @ capt.sim_jaabir
Post by the Italian Air Force.
“The atolls of white beaches and the crystal blue of the Indian Ocean have opened the wonderful doors of the Maldives Islands, the second stage of the deployment of the Italian contingent, on their way to Australia to take part in the Pitch Black
Captain Ibrahim Rasheed, the very first holder of Airline Transport Pilot License in the
#Maldives
.
He’s still active today in the aviation industry after all these years flying as a Captain on the
@ATRaircraft
for
@VillaAir_Flyme
.
Photo: mamdh00n
Private jets parked at Gan International Airport. The airport broke their record for the most jets parked this year after 35 jets were parked in
@Ganairportco
.
Photo: Iujaaz Ali
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The aviation industry is suffering its worst hit ever due to the impact of
#covid19
. It is about time we hear a word from
@MoTCAmv
minister
@aishath_nahula
regarding the impact of aviation in Maldives.
Here’s another student who was not even able to start flight training at AAA flight school.
Is AAA ever going to be held accountable?
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Pictures from Captain Ibrahim Rasheed’s last flight as a pilot today after a 40 year long career in aviation as the first airline pilot in the Maldives.
Thank you for you service Captain. 🫡
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Photo:
@villaairmv
Maldives saw the largest commercial aircraft in the world, the
#Airbus
A380 land in
@VelanaAirport
in 2018.
Would we see the A380 operating scheduled flights to the
#Maldives
when the new runway is fully operational?
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@miljunaid
@saalhey
@VelanaAirport
@MACLmedia
@matca_info
An airplane can fly over land area with people for the purpose of takeoff and landing. The problem with drone is where a potential risk for collision with an airplane arises which can become deadly. Airplanes are kept in safe distance apart by both ATC and pilots following 1/2
Here’s what an experienced seaplane pilot said about the video: “Seaplane pilots have to deal with situations very different from pilots operating to land runways as on top of adjusting for winds they are required to maneuver the aircraft through different sea conditions. 1/3
Appreciation post dedicated to
#flightattendants
: There are
#Maldivian
nationals working as flight attendants in big international airlines such as Emirates and QatarAirways.Flight crews are among the many that are directly exposed to passengers who may carry the virus and ..1/3
Pictures of Reconnaissance Drones located at from what appears to be Maafaru International Airport.
It was reported earlier that the government has signed a USD 37 million deal with Turkey to provide drones to patrol the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Maldives.
A transport
Emirates Boeing 777 on a go around, SriLankan A330 holding, Fly Dubai 737 holding, Qatar 777 holding, Aeroflot 777 holding, Manta Air ATR 72-600 holding, Villa Air ATR 72-500 holding, Maldivian Dash-8 holding at this moment.
It’s a hectic morning at
@VelanaAirport
The students are yet to see any progressive decisions made by any authorities that can provide a solution for the problems they are facing today. The students are losing valuable time money, who’s is to take responsibility?
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The hot topic question of the recent days has been regarding the Dash8 operating flights to Thailand from the Maldives.
Can the Dash8-300 operate a flight to Thailand? Perhaps yes; A flight can be operated if required.
Captain
@nafeezx
with over 14000 hours of flight time soaring the sky since 2005.
Nafeez began his flying career in 2005 as a First Officer at Maldivian Air Taxi and became a Captain in 2007.
#AircraftInMaldives
Series No: 003
Today on number 3 of this series we look at the legendary Alpha Mike Delta, the mighty airplane that have been flying in the
#Maldivian
skies for nearly 24 years.
#AviatorsMaldives
Photos: Gabriel Mueller | Respective Owners