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AIRLINE A Company That Owns and Operates Many Airplanes Which Are Used For Carrying Passengers and Goods To Different Places
AIRLINE A Company That Owns and Operates Many Airplanes Which Are Used For Carrying Passengers and Goods To Different Places
AIRLINE A Company That Owns and Operates Many Airplanes Which Are Used For Carrying Passengers and Goods To Different Places
With the onset of the virtual era, tour operators have evolved and
in some cases have lost the powerful role they played in tourism. Airlines are taking advantage of this and many airlines have their
own holiday packages which assist in attracting the leisure markets. Amongst them, Emirates Holidays, Mas Holidays and Srilankan
Holidays are selling successful packages to the Maldives all over the world. This has enabled more control for the airline itself, and
to the customer, as it cuts out the role of the middle man. Also the onset of web based tour operators such as Agoda are global
forces which makes it easier for customers to choose a package and then book tickets from the online booking systems offered by
airlines. The adaptability of airlines to modern trends has proven beneficial to global tourism and in turn, Maldivian tourism.
The significance of charter flights to Maldives tourism industry cannot be underestimated in any review of the sector. Ever since an
international airport was developed in the Maldives, charters have proven to be one of the most reliable sources of tourists. Major
tour operators work in conjunction with airlines and some of them even have their own fleet of aircrafts. Maldives is a beneficiary of
this as world leading charters bring in thousands of tourists yearly. Most of these are from Europe, such as First Choice, Edelweiss,
Transaero, Volare, Belair, Neos Spa and many more. There are local agents who have been working successfully with foreign tour
operators to arrange packages with hotel and air transport.
Splendid Asia, an established tour operator in the Maldives, has been has been serving a large clientele with working relationships
with major European tour operators, has been successful organizing charter flights to Gan International Airport the southernmost
atoll Addu. Charter flights are vital to the tourism industry as it provides a consistent flow of tourists, said Ahmed Abrar, Marketing
Manager of Splendid Asia. Underlining this claim is the fact that the Maldivian flag carrier Mega Maldives is also a charter based
operation, mainly flying tourists from China to Maldives.
According to Abrar, they are unable to cater to the demand for charter flights from travelers because of the limited number of three to
four star category rooms available in the country. Despite this, Splendid Asia successfully organized a charter from Prague to Gan
International Airport in 2014 and is set to begin operating a charter from Denmark to Gan beginning from January 2015.
As we explore the development of these two industries it is glaringly obvious that it is an irreversibly interdependent relationship.
One simply cannot survive without the other. The success and growth of one industry inspire growth and progress of the other.