Special flight to link Mumbai to Maldives

Male: Maldives, known for its exotic locales and breathtaking beauty, can now be accessed by Indian tourists through a special charter flight from Mumbai, to be launched in October this year.
The flight between Mumbai and Gan, the southern part of the Maldives, will commence operations on October 2 as part of an initiative by a leading travel company, which is offering special holiday packages for this country.
"Initially it will be a twice a week flight from Mumbai to Gan, whose operations are expected to be scaled up at a later stage," Keyur Joshi, co-founder and COO of MakeMyTrip, told reporters here yesterday.
The company is offering special holiday packages in association with the Tourism Ministry of the Maldives from October 2010 to February 2011 with the starting price of Rs 29,990 in a bid to boost the tourist arrivals from India, where people perceive this country as a high-end destination.
18/08/10 PTI/Economic Times

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