Flights to and from Male’s Velana International Airport to Madivaru Airport will take just 25 minutes and operate throughout the night – until now Lhaviyani has been serviced only by seaplanes, where ...

From above, the new terminal building of Velana International Airport gleams like a flowing ribbon along the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean. Its wave-like facade and smooth, sand-colored tones ...

MALE (Reuters) - Maldives will wrest control of its international airport from India's GMR Infrastructure , cancelling its biggest foreign investment project, despite an order from a Singapore court ...

“A pillar of economic independence” — that is what Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu called the new terminal at the Velana International Airport near Male, while inaugurating it on July 26,2025, the ...

The Maldives has welcomed their first tourist visitor for this year, Nikolai Stratichuk from Russia with a special ceremony held at Velana International Airport (VIA) Today (1 Jan 2023) is a fantastic ...

The Republic of Maldives and the United Arab Emirates have marked another milestone in a longstanding partnership centered on sustainable development and infrastructure enhancement. Over four decades ...

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has announced a new loan of Dhs147m ($40m) to support the ongoing development of Velana International Airport in the Maldives. This follows an earlier loan of ...

SINGAPORE/MALE (Reuters) - The Maldives has won a court case allowing it to cancel a $511 million airport development contract with India's GMR Infrastructure, clearing the way for it to take over its ...

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The Maldives is witnessing a resurgence of Indian tourists, with improved diplomatic relations and new luxury resorts near the airport.