May 29th, 2009 | 
Author: Beginning October 25, 2009, British Airways will start flying Male, Maldives nonstop on a 777 from London’s Gatwick airport. The flight operates 3x weekly and is a 3-cabin plane (Business/Premium Economy/ Economy). The outbound from London departs on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays arriving the next morning, while the return departs Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The return is a daylight service. It appears that the service will be year round.
Along with Maldives, Britsh Airways will launch Sharm El Sheikh and Punta Cana. It’s a shame they aren’t running the flights from Heathrow, but British Airways’ holiday flights now tend to operate from Gatwick.
I was wondering which full service European airline will take the “plunge” (pun intended) and fly to the Maldives first. I remember reading about LOT planning flights from Warsaw and Virgin Atlantic wanting to start flights from London- Heathrow. Guess they were too slow as Sri Lankan airlines launched the flights first. Personally, I was betting on Lufthansa from Frankfurt or Swiss from Zurich.
Normally, I don’t blog about other airline’s routes aside from Star Alliance, but the Maldives are a destination that’s close to my heart and to which I plant to return to. Plus, I could redeem some of my AA miles on the new flight and try out Club World cabin on British Airways.
Have a nice clicK life,
-Mark
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thats asham you do not operate to heathrow , many tourists and maldivian students do travel from male to heathrow, would be very great if you can operate a flight to heathow
Hello Hassan,
Welcome! Thanks for stopping by and the comment!
I know that SriLankan Airlines flies nonstop to London Heathrow (LHR) from Male (MLE). I agree with you and I also think Heathrow would be a nicer option since Heathrow offers more connections to Europe & North America. I guess what British Airways is try doing to do is make Heathrow and Gatwick work differently with Heathrow serving business destinations and Gatwick serving leisure destinations like Male or Punta Cana.
-Mark