Trans Maldivian Airways

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Trans Maldivian Airways
Logo of the TMA
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-400 of the TMA
IATA code : -
ICAO code : TMW
Call sign : TRANS MALDIVIAN
Founding: 1989
Seat: Malé , MaldivesMaldivesMaldives 
Turnstile :

Malé International Airport

Home airport : Malé International Airport
Number of employees: 1048
Passenger volume: 960,000
Fleet size: 46
Aims: national
Website: www.transmaldivian.com

Trans Maldivian Airways ( TMA for short ) is the oldest still existing airline in the Maldives , based in Malé and based at the seaplane terminals of Malé International Airport . Today, TMA is also the world's largest operator of seaplanes .

history

ATR 42-300 of the TMA in 2007 (still in the old color scheme)

Trans Maldivian Airways was founded in 1989 as a pure helicopter airline with the name Hummingbird Island Helicopter and later renamed Hummingbird Island Airways . From 1997 the first float planes were used. From January 1999 to 2007, Trans Maldivian Airways only operated aircraft with floats.

From August 10, 2007, Trans Maldivian Airways operated scheduled flights with ATR 42-300 from Malé to Gan , the main island of the southernmost atoll Seenu. TMA was thus in competition with the state-run Maldivian . This connection has been discontinued.

On March 2, 2013, the US investment company Blackstone Group announced the takeover of the majority of Trans Maldivian Airways and Maldivian Air Taxi . As a result, the flight operations of the two airlines were merged.

Destinations

Trans Maldivian Airways operates from Malé to more than 60 destinations in resorts and resorts in the atolls of the Maldives. Round trips , picnic, charter and medical flights are also offered.

fleet

Several TMA de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters at Malé International Airport

As of July 2017, the Trans Maldivian Airways fleet consists of 46 aircraft:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 1 Seaplanes
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 1 Seaplanes
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 41 Seaplanes, two inactive 15th
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-400 03 Seaplanes 15th
total 46 -

Incidents

  • On January 8, 1994, a Mil Mi-8P ( aircraft registration LZ-CAP ) with eleven occupants crashed near Fesdhoo in the North Ari Atoll. The helicopter was destroyed on impact with the water and sank; nine passengers died; two survived, including one seriously injured.
  • On January 26, 1999, another Mil Mi-8P ( LZ-CAK ) with 20 inmates crashed near Rangali in the South Ari Atoll. The reason was the failure of the helicopter's left turbine. Four people died, 16 survived.

See also

Web links

Commons : Trans Maldivian Airways  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c transmaldivian.com - TMA in brief (English), accessed on August 8, 2016
  2. ↑ a b transmaldivian.com - The History of Trans Maldivian Airways (English), accessed on January 13, 2016
  3. ↑ The Twin Otter Fleet. transmaldivian.com, accessed October 2, 2017 .
  4. ↑ blackstone.com - Blackstone Announces Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Maldivian Air Taxi and Trans Maldivian Airways , accessed March 2, 2013
  5. ↑ transmaldivian.com - Resorts , accessed January 14, 2016
  6. ↑ transmaldivian.com - Services (English), accessed on January 14, 2016
  7. ^ Trans Maldivian Airways - Fleet. In: ch-aviation , accessed on July 28, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ a b aviainfo.gov.mv - Aircraft Accident History (English), accessed on September 2, 2009