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Malé
Malé1 stop$825
Addu City
Addu City2 stops$1,856

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December

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March

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FAQs - booking Maldives flights

  • Where can I get something to eat or drink at Velana International Airport?

    If you're in search of something to eat or drink at MLE, the airport has various eateries offering services ranging from full-service meals to salads. In the International Terminal past the security and in the public area before security, there’s a food court providing various eateries choices. Another eatery option is in the Domestic Terminal.

  • What are the common layover options for U.S. to Maldives flights?

    There are no direct flights from the U.S. to the Maldives. Most airlines offering flights to Maldives from the U.S. regularly have at least one layover stop on the flight route. The stopover options for the flight route differ on your airline, departure city, and destination airport. Most flights from Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Dulles International Airport (IAD), or John F. Kennedy International Airport to MLE normally have one in cities such as Doha (DIA), Dubai (DBX), Moscow (SVO), London (LHR), Istanbul (IST), Hong Kong (HKG), Abu Dhabi (AUH), and Zurich (ZRH). Passengers flying from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) or Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will have at least two stops, the first in the U.S. and others in Europe or the Middle East.

  • Does Velana International Airport have lounges on its premises?

    Yes. MLE has a couple of lounges options associated with luxury resorts. In the International Terminal past security in the departures area, there’s Plaza Premium Lounge that serves business class travelers from all airlines. Another lounge is the Leeli Lounge before security belonging to a variety of high-end resorts that serves private guest or first-class travelers. In the Domestic Terminal, outside the primary entrance to the terminal is Moonimaa Lounge. The lounge accepts priority passes and is accessible to international and domestic passengers offering refreshments, showers, and a spa area at an extra cost. Additionally, in the Seaplane Terminal, there are private resort lounges such as Constance Resort, Luxe Resort, and the W.

  • How can I get to Male from Velana International Airport?

    There are several transportation options to reach the Maldives' capital. Outside, MLE’s terminal at the docks, speedboats are available to take you to Male, among other destinations such as the South and North Male Atolls. The fare is determined based on the distance covered. Another option to reach the capital is via taxis. The taxi ride to Male from MLE takes roughly 10 minutes and the fare is approximately MVR 40 MVR (2.50 USD). MLE ferries run from the Airport to Male costing approximately MVR 15 MVR (1 USD). The ferries run throughout the day six days a week. Additionally, MLE features seaplanes operating throughout the day, which offer transfer from the Airport to Male, among other destinations.

  • How do I get to Seenu Atoll from Male Airport?

    Seenu Atoll or Addu Atoll marks the southern boundary of the Maldives and is about 335 m from Male Airport. The area is known for its diving spots and if you wish to investigate the best ones, get a connection to Gan Airport (GAN) in Addu City after your flight from the US to the Maldives.

  • Is the National Museum close to Male Airport?

    Yes, the National Museum is close to the Male Airport. Located in the old Sultan’s Palace, the museum is around a 15m drive from the international airport and is a favorite on the sightseeing tour for all visitors, including those taking flights from the US to the Maldives.

  • How long can I stay in the Maldives on a tourist visa?

    Citizens from all nations can visit the Maldives for a maximum of 30 days and visas are granted on arrival to one of the country’s international airports. The exceptions to this rule are for citizens from India who can stay up to 3 months and those from Brunei who get only 15 days.

  • Can I use US dollars in Maldives?

    Yes, you can. Although the country has its own currency, the Maldivian Rufiyaa, most hotels and businesses on the island accept the US dollar and the euro as methods of payment, so you don’t need to convert any currency at the airport. Still, it’s not a bad idea to get a few notes just in case.

  • How long is the flight to the Maldives?

    An average nonstop flight from the United States to the Maldives takes 27h 11m, covering a distance of 9282 miles. The most popular route is New York - Malé with an average flight time of 18h 05m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to the Maldives?

    The cheapest ticket to the Maldives from the United States found in the last 72 hours was $825. The most popular route is New York John F Kennedy Intl to Male and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $825.

  • What are the most popular destinations in the Maldives?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Malé (100% of total searches to the Maldives). The next most popular destination is Addu City (0.4%).

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to the Maldives

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Maldives flight deals.
  • Maldives has four major international airports. Velana International Airport (MLE) in Male is the busiest as it receives the majority of international flights. Maarafu International Airport (NMQ) is on Maarafu Island and is the second busiest. Gan International Airport (GAN) and Hanimaadhoo International Airport (HAQ) are two alternative major international airports in the Maldives that open the door for Maldives visitors from around the globe.
  • MLE sits on Hulhule Island close to Male, the capital of Maldives. Passengers flying to Maldives’ capital should consider using MLE since it’s situated in the capital. Thus, making it easier for Maldives travelers to move around the city center.
  • When flying to the Maldives and your destination is Addu Atoll, you should consider booking your flight to GAN. The airport is the major airport serving the island of Gan in Addu Atoll.
  • If you are flying to the Maldives, consider booking your flight to MLE. The airport serves as the primary gateway into the Maldives for visitors. The airport is well linked to major airports around the globe and receives multiple airlines flying from Los Angeles (LAX), New York (JFK), Chicago (ORD), San Francisco (SFO), and Washington D.C. (IAD), among other cities.
  • Do you need a place to stash your luggage? MLE offers luggage storage services at the baggage storage faculty close to MLE’s Terminal Help Counter. Luggage storage rates vary depending on the size of the baggage.
  • The Maldives is one of the world’s most exotic tourist destinations, consisting of 26 atolls in the Arabian Sea. Kaafu Atoll occupies space in the center of the archipelago and includes South Male Atoll and North Male Atoll. North Male Atoll is the main international hub for the country via Velana International Airport (MLE) or Male Airport.
  • In addition to the other Kaafu Atoll territories of South Male Atoll, Gaafaru and Kaashidhoo Islands, Male Airport should also be used to journey to more southern areas like Vaavu Atoll and Meemu Atoll as well as Lhaviyani Atoll to the north and Alifu Alifu Atoll to the west.
  • After your flight from the US to the Maldives, a trip to the northern reaches should start from Male Airport and end at Hanimaadhoo Airport (HAQ) in Haa Dhaalu Atoll. From here, you can discover the vistas and beaches of the surrounding areas like Haa Alifu Atoll to the north and Shaviyani Atoll to the south.
  • A connecting flight from Male Airport to Dharavandhoo Airport (DRV) in Baa Atoll is another option if you wish to visit Lhaiviyani Atoll. From there, you can hop to neighboring Raa Atoll and visit its capital Ungoofaaru to the north before heading east to Noonu Atoll and its main town Manadhoo.
  • If you’re spending time on Alifu Alifu Atoll, you can take some time exploring the areas to the south, including Alifu Dhaalu Atoll, then take a short flight from Villa Airport (VAM) in Maamigili over Faafu Atoll and Dhaalu Atoll towards Thaa Atoll where you can land at Thimarafushi Airport (TMF) to get a fresher perspective.
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Top 5 airlines flying to the Maldives

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to the Maldives? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1447 reviews
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My overall experience with Singapore Airlines is great. Will definitely fly Singapore airline again.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024SIN - JFK
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My overall experience with Singapore Airlines is great. Will definitely fly Singapore airline again.

I commend the flight attendants on our SFO-SIN flight who went above and beyond to provide us with extra snacks and food. This type of service makes the flight experience personal and awesome.

It was a great flight Food was great Crew was spectacular

In general good, but the machine seems to be long in operation and some functions were restricted as e. g. Adjusting of seats.

Cabin Crew always friendly and helpful. Seating cramped - foul smelling from toilets, high risk of disease. Guard personal property such as expensive sunglasses Coffee always awful and cold Meal trays toddler sized Not worth the extra cost to fly SQ - use a budget airline, same if not better experience

It seems paying premium economy does not make difference with economy. No priority boarding, not worthy paying extra$$$ for premium economy.

Wonderful service, planes and interior in great condition, very pleasant experience

People were so nice! Economy seats were small and cramped feeling for me. I’m slender and 6 feet tall

The singapore airline now compared before covid, I like the service before covid. SQ was the best of all airlines but now I am going to look for different airline if I am travelling in asia.

Due to the delay of my first flight, my connecting flight with JetBlue was canceled by Singapore Airlines, but the JetBlue crew was very accommodating and rebooked a seat for me. The crew was very nice and had good attitude.

we bought trip insurance from you and could not use it. 'underrated' only return 50 % of trip cost. my doctor told me i have stage 4 cancer and that I might not live till the end of the month..

Flight got canceled without any prior information and it caused lot of trouble

Staff were friendly, and provided great service. The food was plentiful and delicious. Food could have been hotter.

I was traveling business purposes and I only had one carry on and a personal computer back pack . My carry on was 8.5 kg little more than allowable. At jfk airport check in they did not let me carry it . I was little disappointed.

More leg room and comfortable seats at least for long flights

The entertainment selections are amazing. But the live TV is sometimes spotty. If you’re going to have it, then have it. If you can’t make it consistent, then, perhaps it’s better not to have it. The crew are always cordial when approached, but they seem to do the minimum and sit around, talking to each other in the back of the plane during the flight. I realize that delays are not always predictable, but I missed my flight in Dubai because we left 90 minutes late from Washington. I will say that Emirates took very good care of me in Dubai. But I would rather not be delayed.

Check-in counter at the airport took more than an hour of standing in queue with online checkin. And after entering the gate the flight delayed more than 30 mins.

Probably the best flight I’ve ever been on. Emirates first class is leagues beyond British airways and Lufthansa’s.

Great flight. Comfortable seats, courteous service, and excellent selection for entertainment.

Serving food took so long . Almost time close to lend. Plus during landing air pressure in cabin cuss ear blocked took long time to unblock.

Operated by American Airlines. Very chaotic and the crew was bit rough responding any enquiries. Restricted leg space.. Qatar would have been better

Qatar airways from Doha to guangzhau was excellent big bird Boeing 777 more room and smoothly flight, I Love it

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

The made us waiting and held our passports and boarding pass making us miss our flights

Not impressed. Only allowed one carry on on such a long flight.

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

Bad experience with the delay n long wait time for connecting flight after missing the connection flight from Doha.

Wore experience due to delay and took me 3 days to reach my destination.

All over with Qatar airlines my experience was really bad due to delays and then putting me on different airlines and after 8 hours of wait I had to listen to their is no plane to fly for another 24 hours. Wore experience ever.

Excellent will be flying again in May with Qatar. to Botswana.

I was in business class, without the business class amenities. Large seat with lots of legroom, but no TV or bed. Food was okay, but I did enjoy the Turkish red wine.

Excellent service and comfort from the moment you check in. Flight crew is hyper focused on making passengers comfortable and at ease. It’s like a flying hotel!

Only chicken as a meat dish through out the flight

Nothing really was great as such. Seen other no name airlines perform better.

Quality of service on board was very inconsistent. FA service primarily seemed robotic and they barely engaged with passengers

I’m unclear why I had to pay extra for assigned seats as Turkish airlines did not honor the seating. We were placed across the aisle from each other on TK 34, and were seated behind one another on TK 694. Because my name was misspelled on e-ticket (Klawiter, instead of Klawitter) I could not log onto website to get the connection gate number in Istanbul. The monitors in the airport were a jumbled mess 1/2 Arabic and 1/2 English.

On line check in needs a lot of improvement. I tried and gave up.

Food not good, flight attendants not the best, not accommodating very ruff

the female flight attendant was racist towards me. I could tell she treated the two other passengers next to me with more softness.

Oh my god! For an13 hour flight they serve you food just one time. Also don’t be thirsty they give you a little small cup of soda to drink. They seem like their goal is to feed you one so they don’t have to be bothered with you. It quite surprise for such a long flight there are several times to eat at least three and the food was well lackluster. The food and lack of offering drinks which were always hot no ice provided.

LIT to DFW - 3 hours late; the entire plane had been boarded before they told us there was a delay due to a weather-related ground stop in Dallas. DFW to MAY - 2+ hours late due to A/C needing to be repaired after everyone had boarded, then when we finally reach the runway, the First Officer timed out and we had to taxi all the way back to the gate and wait for a new one. I arrived in New Orleans 5+ hours later than I should have. Return flights were completely cancelled; rebooked through the app to fly through CLT instead of DFW. MSY to CLT had no issues, but CLT to LIT was delayed 1.25 hrs because flight attendants had not arrived to the airport yet. At least they didn’t make us all sit on the plane to wait for them. I should have driven.

Tray table was filthy when I sat down. I needed to have someone come clean it because there was food and stains on it WiFi didn’t work after paying for in flight WiFi Food was terrible and was not filling at all Chicken was rubbery Flight attendant had an attitude, interrupted me and wasn’t able to answer basic questions about the food selection such as “does the chicken have red sauce in it”. If your flight attendants are not going to know what is in the meals so we can make an educated decision based on dietary restrictions, they shouldn’t be on the plane. My 1.5 year old niece was sleeping and dropped her binkie. I went on the ground under the chairs looking for it. It was at that time that she came up to me as I’m CLEARLY on all 4s with a flashlight and said “I need to get by”. I said one moment please I’m getting something from under the seat (while my head was literally under the seat). Her reply was “no you need to move now” and proceeded to almost push me out of the way. I looked up and all I saw was her toes under my eyes. When I looked in front of me, her private parts were inches away from my face. I then made a comment “you couldn’t waited 2 seconds?” and her response was, “no I need to use the bathroom”. I understand that and would never want to be the reason someone couldn’t get to the bathroom but I was under the seat. She could’ve gone around the other way instead of harassing me, basically placing her private parts on my head and borderline pushing me out of the way. You don’t pay (especially this much) for this deplorable experience. This was by far the worst experience I have ever had on American. I will be absolutely thinking twice and thrice about flying American Airlines again. I would rather pay more to fly delta because at least I know their WiFi will work and their flight attendants won’t have a terrible attitude for no reason, nor will they act the way this woman did. Unacceptable.

Tray table was filthy when I sat down. I needed to have someone come clean it because there was food and stains on it WiFi didn’t work after paying for in-flight WiFi. Food was terrible and was not filling at all Chicken was rubbery Flight attendant had an attitude, interrupted me and wasn’t able to answer basic questions about the food selection such as “does the chicken have red sauce in it”. If your flight attendants are not going to know what is in the meals so we can make an educated decision based on dietary restrictions, they shouldn’t be on the plane. My 1.5 year old niece was sleeping and dropped her binkie. I went on the ground under the chairs looking for it. It was at that time that she came up to me as I’m CLEARLY on all 4s with a flashlight and said “I need to get by”. I said one moment please I’m getting something from under the seat (while my head was literally under the seat). Her reply was “no you need to move now” and proceeded to almost push me out of the way. I looked up and all I saw was her toes under my eyes. When I looked in front of me, her private parts were inches away from my face. I then made a comment “you couldn’t waited 2 seconds?” and her response was, “no I need to use the bathroom”. I understand that and would never want to be the reason someone couldn’t get to the bathroom but I was under the seat. She could’ve gone around the other way instead of harassing me, basically placing her private parts on my head and borderline pushing me out of the way. You don’t pay that much for this deplorable experience. This was by far the worst experience I have ever had on American. I will be absolutely thinking twice and thrice about flying American Airlines again. I would rather pay more to fly delta because at least I know their WiFi will work and their flight attendants won’t have a shitty attitude for no reason, nor will they act the way this woman did. Unacceptable.

Liked - nothing. Disliked - delayed 35+ min sitting on the plane. Caused me to miss my connection in Charlotte. American Airlines is the worst US Air Carrier company with atrocious customer service.

Worst situation ever! I booked my tickets for this trip on Alaska Airlines. I guess AA is a partner and we flew nonstop from Eugene to PHX on an AA jet. I had to pay for luggage from PHX to EUG. And this was an Alaska Airlines reservation paid for with Alaska airlines credit card! Got to the PHX airport and was not able to check bags because of some weird issue with the AA software. My reservation had to be the-entered by the agent. I will never pick another American Airlines flight on the Alaska Airlines website. While on vacation, I tried to upgrade our seats for the trip home. The request just buffered and never went through. I tried four times and was charged four times on my credit card. The card was charged but the seats were never changed. What a wreck!

Left from gate 30 minutes before flight. Never been late to a flight ever. It says 15 minutes before explicitly on the ticket.

I like the boarding process, it was fast. The seat doesn’t have a TV for a long flight and food wasn’t served, just snacks.

Use planes with TVs on flights over 4 hours. The free entertainment was a cheap in between solution for a very long flight that you don't even bother providing meals or decent snacks.

Even though we left CMI late, we mostly made up the time.

Delayed almost 4 hours for a 45 minute flight with no explanation.

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