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VILLA AIR
Commenced operations	1 October 2011
Operating bases	Velana International Airport
Hubs	Villa International Airport Maamigili
Subsidiaries	Flyme SeePlane;
Fleet size	2
Destinations	2
Parent company	Villa Group
Headquarters	Villa House,; Malé, Maldives
Website	villaair.aero

Villa Air new logo after rebranding from "Flyme Villa Air"

Villa Air is a Maldivian airline launched on March 14, 2011.^[1]^[2] It has its headquarters on the fifth floor of the Villa House in Malé.^[3] The airline is operated by Villa Air, a subsidiary company of Villa Group, and began operations on 1 October 2011.^[4] The company slogan is We fly you in style.

On 4 September 2020, the airlines operated its first international flight from Velana International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport carrying 72 passengers on an ATR 72-600 aircraft.^[5]

Previous Flyme (Villa Air Logo) before rebranding

Destinations

Villa Air's destinations as of July 2019 include the following airports:^[6]

Ari - Villa International Airport Maamigili - VAM - Hub
Maalhosmadulu - Dharavandhoo Airport - DRV
Malé - Velana International Airport - MLE - Base

Villa Air also offers special request flights to the following destinations:^[6]

Hanimaadhoo - Hanimaadhoo International Airport - HAQ (from Dharavandhoo Airport)
Kadhdhoo - Kadhdhoo Airport - KDO (from Villa International Airport Maamigili)

Fleet

The Villa Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2019):^[7]

**Flyme Fleet**
Aircraft	In Service	On Order	Passengers
De Havilland Canada Dash 6-300	—	4
ATR 72-500	1	—	68
ATR 72-600	1	—	74
Total	2	4

Retired fleet

References

^ Latheef, Abdul (18 March 2011). "Villa introduces new airline 'Fly me"". Miadhu. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
^ "Villa "Fly Me" Brand Goes Airborne". Haama Daily. 16 March 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
^ "Flyme - The Premier Domestic Airline of the Maldives, Maldivian Airline by Villa Air". flyme.mv. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
^ Jameel, Abdullah (1 October 2011). "Maamigili airport opens with 'Flyme' airlines entering into service". Haveeru Daily. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
^ Nadalet, Ivan (7 September 2020). "Maldives' Flyme debuts international passenger operations". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
^ ^a ^b "Route map". Flyme. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 20.