VILLA AIR
IATA ICAO Callsign
VP VQI Villa Air
Commenced operations1 October 2011 (2011-10-01)
Operating basesVelana International Airport
HubsVilla International Airport Maamigili
Subsidiaries
  • Flyme SeePlane
Fleet size2
Destinations2
Parent companyVilla Group
HeadquartersVilla House,
Malé, Maldives
Websitevillaair.aero
Villa Air new logo after rebranding from "Flyme Villa Air"
Villa Air new logo after rebranding from "Flyme Villa Air"

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]

Previous Flyme (Villa Air Logo)
Previous Flyme (Villa Air Logo) before rebranding

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:[6]

Fleet

Historic ATR 42-500 of Flyme

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

ATR 72-600 of Flyme (Villa Air)
Flyme Fleet
Aircraft In Service On Order Passengers Remarks
De Havilland Canada Dash 6-300 — 4
ATR 72-500 1 — 68
ATR 72-600 1 — 74
Total 2 4

Retired fleet

Villa Air New Livery 2024
Villa Air New Livery 2024

References

  1. ^ Latheef, Abdul (18 March 2011). "Villa introduces new airline 'Fly me"". Miadhu. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  2. ^ "Villa "Fly Me" Brand Goes Airborne". Haama Daily. 16 March 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  3. ^ "Flyme - The Premier Domestic Airline of the Maldives, Maldivian Airline by Villa Air". flyme.mv. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  4. ^ Jameel, Abdullah (1 October 2011). "Maamigili airport opens with 'Flyme' airlines entering into service". Haveeru Daily. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  5. ^ Nadalet, Ivan (7 September 2020). "Maldives' Flyme debuts international passenger operations". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  6. ^ a b "Route map". Flyme. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 20.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FlyMe (Maldivian airline).


  1. ^ "Villa Air". Villa Air. 2023-09-05. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
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