Tourism-dependent Maldives welcomes new airline, MEGA Maldives
The Maldives, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of Sri Lanka and straddling the equator, is a nation of just 395,000 people. It is home to a few small airlines: Maldivian Airlines, the country’s government-owned national carrier; start-up carrier MEGA Maldives Airlines and a couple of charter seaplane companies, Trans Maldivian, flyme and Maldivian Air Taxi, which operate from the seaplane port next to Male’s International Airport - the nation’s sole international airport - to resorts throughout the country.
