Island Aviation Services Limited (IASL) has revealed that 228 private jets landed at Maafaru International Airport in 2022.
According to the latest statistics published by IASL, a total of 1,571 tourists arrived in the Maldives and 1,493 tourists travelled abroad through Maafaru International Airport in Noonu Atoll last year. As such, the highest number of tourists arrived from Europe, and the second highest number of tourists visited from the Middle East.
The statistics from the state-owned company showed that a total of 228 private jets landed last year compared to the 297 private jet landings in 2021. IASL stated that 26 jets have landed in the airport so far this year. A large number of jets are scheduled to land at the airport in the coming days.
The airport was opened for scheduled flights in late 2019 and was reclassified into Maafaru International Airport in July 2020. The airport has a 2,200m long and 40m wide runway designed to handle the largest aircraft in operation including the Airbus A380 superjumbo jets. The airport has developed facilities for direct international flights and has the largest runway after Velana International Airport (VIA) and Gan International Airport (GIA).