Tigerair commences direct flights between Maldives and Singapore

Singapore’s budget airline Tigerair has officially commenced direct flights between Maldives and Singapore.

The first Tigerair flight, TR 2502, landed at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport at 11:25 a.m. today.

Manager Corporate Communications, Maldives Airports Company Limited, Hassan Areef told Sun Online that 153 passengers travelled to Maldives on the first flight, which was conducted on an A320 aircraft with passenger capacity of 180.

Tigerair earlier said that it will commence flights to Maldives on 24 January, and that four flights will be operated weekly.

The airline will operate direct flights between Maldives and Singapore on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Until now, the only direct flights between Maldives and Singapore have been operated by Singapore Airlines. Tigerair’s comparatively low prices will make travel on this route more affordable.

Tigerair is the third budget airline to commence flights to Maldives. Malaysia’s Air Asia and Dubai’s Fly Dubai also recently started flying to Maldives.