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beOnd launched in late 2023 as the world’s first premium leisure airline with planes outfitted solely with Business Class seats and connecting leisure destinations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. The airline uses an Airbus A319 and an Airbus A321 aircraft configured with up to 68 lie-flat seats for a premium experience as passengers head to the Maldives. Today, the airline announced a whopping 18 new cities with service to the Maldives in a major expansion.
All routes are flown to/from Malé’s Velana International Airport (MLE). New additions include:
- Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport (AUH)
- Bahrain International Airport (BAH)
- Bangalore’s Kempegowda International Airport (BLR)
- Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)
- Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)
- Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)
- Düsseldorf Airport (DUS)
- Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN)
- Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD)
- Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED)
- Kuwait International Airport (KWI)
- Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)
- Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
- Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO)
- Seoul Incheon International Airport (ICN)
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)
- Vienna International Airport (VIE)
- Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)
beOnd currently serves five destinations, including:
- Dubai International Airport (DXB)
- Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP)
- Munich International Airport (MUC) (seasonal)
- King Khalid International Airport (RUH)
- Zurich Airport (ZRH)
There are three fare classes offered by Beond. These include Delight Experience, Bliss Experience, and Opulence Experience. The biggest differences being lounge access, baggage allowances, transportation to the airport, and fare conditions (i.e. refunds).
Tero Taskila, CEO of beOnd, shared:
Our vision is to make the Maldives more accessible to premium travelers from around the world while offering an experience that reflects true luxury—personal, thoughtful, and inspiring. Global competition for customers seeking luxury leisure travel experiences is strong and customers have choice. The Maldives is well-suited to capture this demand, and more so with the connectivity beOnd brings to the market.”
Anthony’s Take: The airline looks luxurious and reviews are great. Let’s see how many of these routes become bookable and fly. beOnd was going to fly to Bangkok once before and cancelled it.
(Image Credits: beOnd.)
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