Maldivian Air Taxi

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Maldivian Air Taxi
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 of the MAT
IATA code : MV
ICAO code : MAT
Call sign : AIR TAXI
Founding: 1993
Operation stopped: 2013
Merged with: Trans Maldivian Airways
Seat: Malé , MaldivesMaldivesMaldives 
Turnstile :

Malé International Airport

Home airport : Malé International Airport
Number of employees: 350
Fleet size: 41 (+ 2 orders)
Aims: national
Website: www.maldivianairtaxi.com
Maldivian Air Taxi merged with Trans Maldivian Airways in 2013 . The information in italics relates to the last status before the takeover.

Maldivian Air Taxi ( MAT for short ) was a Maldivian airline based in Malé and based at the seaplane terminals of Malé International Airport .

Companies

Maldivian Air Taxi was founded by the Danish Lars Erik Nielsen. The idea came to him in 1992 due to nausea during a several hour island transfer by boat. The company began operations on November 4, 1993 with two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft . Maldivian Air Taxi was the largest operator of twin otter seaplanes in the world.

The airline started operations with 25 employees and employed 350 people to cease operations, including around 50 pilots.

The “ island hoppers ” served around 40 islands from Malé International Airport . There was space for up to 18 passengers on board the machines. Mostly, however, only 15 or 16 passengers and a lot of luggage flew with them. As is customary in the Maldives, a flight attendant is on board in addition to the pilot and co-pilot.

In 2013 merged Maldivian Air Taxi with Trans Maldivian Airways . The aircraft and the color scheme were adopted by TMA and MAT was fully integrated into Trans Maldivian Airways.

maintenance

Maldivian Air Taxi leased its aircraft from Kenn Borek Air in Canada . The machines returned there for maintenance every two to three years. The journey to Calgary lasted five days and involves numerous stops. The company was the largest seaplane airline with 400,000 passengers annually .

fleet

When operations ceased in July 2013, the Maldivian Air Taxi fleet consisted of 41 aircraft:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 01 Seaplanes 19th
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 01
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 39
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-400 2
total 41 2

Incidents

(Information according to the Civil Aviation Department of the Maldives, status: end of 2008)

  • August 25, 1995: Accident of a Cessna Caravan 208 ( aircraft registration number 8Q-MAT ) with ten occupants near Rasdhoo in the North Ari Atoll; the aircraft crashed when taking off in a strong wind shear due to problems with the rudder; no injured person; Total loss of the machine
  • December 3, 1999: crash of a Bell 212 - helicopter ( 8Q-MAY ) with ten occupants in Rangali in Ari Atoll; the helicopter crashed into the sea; ten dead; Total loss of the machine
  • August 2, 2009: Accident of a DHC-6 200 Twin Otter ( 8Q-MAG ) with seven occupants while attempting to land at the Halaveli Resort Lagoon. The aircraft overturned when the wing touched down; no dead; Total loss of the aircraft

See also

Web links

Commons : Maldivian Air Taxi  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Main page ("History") of the MAT . Maldivian Air Taxi. Retrieved October 18, 2009.
  2. ↑ blackstone.com - Blackstone Announces Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Maldivian Air Taxi and Trans Maldivian Airways , accessed February 5, 2015
  3. ↑ aviainfo.gov.mv - Official aircraft register (English; PDF; 39 kB), accessed on May 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ maldivianairtaxi.com - MAT press release on ordering the aircraft PDF file (English), accessed on January 5, 2009
  5. ↑ aviainfo.gov.mv - Aircraft Accident History (English), accessed on January 4, 2009