Trans Maldivian Airways welcomed its newest member to the fleet, completing the expansion drive that initiated in September 2019. The company added 1st of its 5 additional seaplanes on the 26th September 2019, 2nd and 3rd aircraft together on the 29th of December 2019 and 4th on the 21st Jan 2020 to its existing fleet of 52 aircraft. TMA took delivery of the last of these 5 seaplanes on 26th Jan 2020 marking this, the airline’s most aggressive expansion drive in its history of more than 30 years.

With the new additions, the fleet size will stand at 57 DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, making it the largest seaplane fleet in the world. TMA is considered to be the backbone of tourism infrastructure in the country and had always played a pivotal role in enhancing and facilitating the growth of the industry over the years. It is expected that with the latest additions to its fleet, the company will be more equipped to serve the increasing demand with the new upcoming resorts, and also provide added flexibility to all its partner resorts.

As the company welcomes the 57th Aircraft to the fleet, it would like to thank all its partners for their invaluable contributions and everlasting support in the growth story of TMA. With this expansion, TMA has further strengthened its position as the World’s Largest Seaplane Operator.

Trans Maldivian Airways saw a successful commencement of its Badminton Championship 2019 with over 63 players participating in the tournament from almost all the departments in the company.
Chief Guest for the opening ceremony was Major Hassan Bushry, Head of Hulhule Post, Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF), accompanied by officials from Maldives Police Services, Badminton Association of Maldives and TMA management team as Guests of honour.

The championship consists of Open Singles/Doubles and Over 40 Singles/Doubles categories and the winners will be selected from each category on knock-out basis. It is scheduled to continue until the mid of November 2019.

TMA Badminton Championship is one of the many employee engagement events conducted annually for the company staff.

We are proud to announce that Trans Maldivian Airways has been awarded the “Leading tourist Transportation Provider (Air)” at the 4th South Asian Travel Awards for the year 2019.

We would like to extend our gratitude to all those who voted for us and we look forward to maintaining our service excellence to guests that use our seaplane transportation services in the coming years as well.

On Wednesday 26th June 2019 Trans Maldivian Airways introduced 4 blade propeller engines to its fleet with 8Q- MAO aircraft for the first time in the history of seaplane operations in Maldives. The test flights carried out with the new modification has proven to increase the efficiency and reliability of the propellers, improving the overall flight safety while reducing engine noise levels notably. The same modification is intended to be introduced to the entire fleet in due course and soon expected to be flying above one of the most geographically dispersed countries in the world, the breathtaking Maldives.

Without seaplanes, tourism in this island nation would not be the success it is today. TMA has played a pivotal role in developing the essential infrastructure by way of getting guests to and from their destination islands and is committed to introducing innovative improvements to better serve the still growing demand.