Flyme (Villa Air) Explained

Airline:VILLA AIR
Iata:VP
Icao:VQI
Callsign:Villa Air
Hubs:Villa International Airport Maamigili
Fleet Size:2
Destinations:2
Parent:Villa Group
Headquarters:Villa House,
Malé, Maldives
Bases:Velana International Airport
Subsidiaries:
  • Flyme SeePlane

Villa Air is a Maldivian airline launched on March 14, 2011.[1] [2] It has its headquarters on the fifth floor of the Villa House in Malé.[3] The airline is operated by Villa Air, a subsidiary company of Villa Group, and began operations on 1 October 2011.[4] The company slogan is We fly you in style.

On 4 September 2020, the airlines operated its first international flight from Velana International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport carrying 72 passengers on an ATR 72-600 aircraft.[5]

Destinations

Villa Air's destinations as of July 2019 include the following airports:[6]

Villa Air also offers special request flights to the following destinations:

Fleet

The Villa Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2019):[7]

Flyme Fleet
AircraftIn ServiceOn OrderPassengersRemarks
De Havilland Canada Dash 6-3004
ATR 72-500168
ATR 72-600174
Total24

Retired fleet

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Latheef . Abdul . 18 March 2011 . Villa introduces new airline ‘Fly me” . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110322095654/http://www.miadhu.com/2011/03/local-news/villa-introduces-new-airline-%E2%80%98fly-me%E2%80%9D/ . 22 March 2011 . 2011-03-17 . Miadhu.
  2. News: 16 March 2011 . Villa “Fly Me” Brand Goes Airborne . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722005200/http://www.haamadaily.com/englishdetails.php?news=21748 . 22 July 2011 . 2011-03-17 . Haama Daily.
  3. Web site: Flyme - The Premier Domestic Airline of the Maldives, Maldivian Airline by Villa Air . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171028041957/http://www.flyme.mv/ . 28 October 2017 . 2017-10-12 . flyme.mv.
  4. News: Jameel . Abdullah . 1 October 2011 . Maamigili airport opens with 'Flyme' airlines entering into service . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002070700/http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/37908 . 2 October 2011 . 2011-10-01 . Haveeru Daily.
  5. Web site: Nadalet . Ivan . 7 September 2020 . Maldives' Flyme debuts international passenger operations . 2023-08-16 . ch-aviation . en.
  6. Web site: Route map . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190824223827/http://www.flyme.mv/Route-Map . 24 August 2019 . 13 July 2019 . Flyme.
  7. Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One). Airliner World. October 2019. 20.
  8. Web site: 2023-09-05 . Villa Air . 2024-02-03 . Villa Air . en-US.