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Cheapest return fare
£444
Typical prices: £659-£856
Gulf Air
Sun 27/9Tue 6/10
MAN - MLE • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
£731
Typical prices: £740-£1,104
British Airways
Thu 26/11Fri 4/12
LHR - MLE • Direct
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Cheap Flights to Malé

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Malé that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals to Malé

Sun, 27 Sep - Tue, 6 Oct
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09:55 - 06:30
MAN
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MLE
16h 35m
1 stop
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19:25 - 07:15
MLE
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MAN
15h 50m
1 stop
£444Gulf Air
Sun, 27 Sep - Wed, 7 Oct
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09:55 - 06:30
MAN
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MLE
16h 35m
1 stop
Gulf Air Logo
19:25 - 07:15
MLE
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MAN
15h 50m
1 stop
£458Gulf Air
Tue, 1 Dec - Thu, 10 Dec
Etihad Airways Logo
13:40 - 05:05
MAN
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MLE
34h 25m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
19:15 - 17:55
MLE
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MAN
27h 40m
1 stop
£566Etihad Airways
Wed, 4 Nov - Wed, 18 Nov
Etihad Airways Logo
19:55 - 13:50
MAN
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MLE
12h 55m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
09:10 - 12:15
MLE
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MAN
32h 05m
1 stop
£566Etihad Airways
Mon, 7 Dec - Sat, 19 Dec
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08:35 - 14:50
LGW
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MLE
25h 15m
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09:40 - 05:55
MLE
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LGW
25h 15m
1 stop
£575Qatar Airways
Mon, 2 Nov - Mon, 9 Nov
Qatar Airways Logo
14:55 - 08:25
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MLE
12h 30m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
09:40 - 21:55
MLE
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LHR
17h 15m
1 stop
£584Qatar Airways
Thu, 5 Nov - Wed, 18 Nov
British Airways Logo
08:40 - 07:50
LGW
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MLE
18h 10m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
21:05 - 05:55
MLE
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LGW
13h 50m
1 stop
£586British Airways
Sun, 6 Sep - Thu, 17 Sep
Emirates Logo
21:05 - 15:30
STN
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MLE
14h 25m
1 stop
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09:15 - 18:45
MLE
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STN
13h 30m
1 stop
£615Emirates
Fri, 11 Sep - Mon, 14 Sep
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14:55 - 07:40
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MLE
12h 45m
1 stop
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09:15 - 18:45
MLE
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STN
13h 30m
1 stop
£630Emirates
Sun, 4 Oct - Thu, 8 Oct
British Airways Logo
21:20 - 14:30
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MLE
37h 10m
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19:40 - 19:35
MLE
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GLA
27h 55m
2 stops
£782British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Malé

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Malé to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to Malé?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 5 days.

In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Malé was found on the route from London, at £444 return. The most popular connection is from London to Malé and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £575 in the last 3 days.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Malé?

The average price of all round-trip flights to Malé clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Malé is Monday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as £772. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where round-trip prices are £905 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Malé?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights to Malé, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights to Malé is January, where tickets cost £650 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets from the United Kingdom is £1,252 and £1,228 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is March with an average price of £263.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Malé?

The average price for all round-trip flights to Malé depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Malé is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost £754 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Malé is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £955.

What is a good deal for flights to Malé?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Malé, 25% of our users found tickets to Malé for the following prices or less: From London Heathrow Airport £844 return.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Malé?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Malé, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 15% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight to Malé

 
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Good to know - Cheap tickets to Malé

Low seasonJune
Cheapest flight£263
Best time to beat the crowds (16% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% lower on average.
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When to book flights to Malé

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Malé based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs - booking Malé flights

  • How do I travel from Malé Airport into the city?

    You can travel into the city by land, air or sea. A bridge connects Malé Airport to the main island, and you can hire taxis at the airport for around 35 MVR (2 GRP), however the fastest method is to take a Dhani/Speedboat from the airport to the city, only taking 10min. If you’re staying on an island nearby, you can also charter one of the inter-island sea planes to take you to one of the nearby islands or atolls.

  • Are there any restaurants at Malé Airport?

    You can find a handful of dining options at the small Malé airport. If you’re looking for something after you flight, the Aqua Restaurant near the CIP Building or the Mariyaadu snack counter in the centre are both in the public area of the terminal, before you pass through airport security. If you are in the airport in transit or heading home, there are also cafes in the departure lounge on the first floor.

  • Are there any passenger lounges at Malé Airport?

    If you’re looking for a quiet place to relax, the Wellness Lounge is run by Plaza Premium and can be entered for free by those holding a Priority Pass or guests invited by their airline. Economy passengers can also purchase a pass at the door. Here you can relax in the shower and spa facilities, make the most of the premium Wi-Fi, or have a snack and a drink. The lounge is open every day between 8:00h – 23:00h.

  • What hotels offer an airport shuttle to Malé Airport?

    Hotels such as the Airport Comfort Inn or the Hathaway Beach Maldives in Hulhule, behind the Malé Airport offer airport shuttles to and from your flights. If you wish to stay in the city centre, the Hotel Octave Maldives and Somerset Inn also offer shuttle services, which will get you to your flights and back in only 15min. Alternatively, nearby Karumba Hotel on Vilhamanaafushi Island, or The Virnorva on Villingili Island offer shuttle boats to the Airport Ferry.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Malé?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Malé was found on the route from London, at £444 return. The most popular connection is from London to Malé and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £575 in the last 3 days.

  • How far is Male Airport from central Malé?

    The distance between Male Airport and the city centre of Malé is 2 miles.

  • What is the name of Malé’s airport?

    All flights to Malé land at Male Airport. The airport code is MLE,and it can also be referred to as Male, Malé Intl, or Velana Intl.

  • How much is a flight to Malé?

    On average, a flight to Malé costs £1,117. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost £729 and departed from London Heathrow Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Malé?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Malé.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Malé?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Malé is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Malé?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Malé with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Malé?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Malé up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • How many direct flights to Malé are there each week?

    Each week there are around 8 direct flights from within United Kingdom to Malé. The most common day for departures is Tuesday, with 38% of flights taking off on this day.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Malé

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Malé? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Malé for the following prices or less: Cheap flights to Malé from London Heathrow £1,717
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Malé flight deals.
  • When booking your flights to Malé, you can fly from airports such as London or Manchester into Velana International Airport (MLE). As you cannot fly direct to Malé from the UK, the flight time will depend on how long your stopover will be, but you can find flights that will only take between 13:00h – 18:00h.
  • Malé is a popular base for sightseeing around the Maldivian atolls and islands. If you’re interested in seeing the islands by air, you can organise sea planes at the airport for approximately 4,000 MVR (190 GBP).You can also find ferries at the Airport Ferry to travel to islands such as Thoddo, Mathiveri or Dhigurah.
  • There are two currencies that are largely accepted in the Maldives – US dollars and the Maldivian Rufiyaa. While there are no currency exchange services at the airport, there are ATMs that accept foreign cards, however you will only be able to withdraw Rufiyaa.
  • If this is your first time in the Maldives, the airport website has a useful "plan your travel" section. This can provide you with travel advice on the local weather, emergency numbers and even useful phrases in the native Dhivehi language.
  • For those who need to freshen up after the long flight to Malé, there are shower facilities free to use at Malé Airport in the area between arrivals and departures, opposite the Mariyaadu snack counter.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Malé

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Malé. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United Kingdom to Malé. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3606 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.4Crew
7.9Food
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The quality of food is going down comparing with old history of excellent food. It was cold and a bad quality. The crew is always excellent and caring.

8.0 ExcellentYaqoob, Jun 2026
LHR - DXB
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The quality of food is going down comparing with old history of excellent food. It was cold and a bad quality. The crew is always excellent and caring.

The journey was nice, all the crews were very good and services are excellent

Great flight - Clubhouse met our needs, and the staff provided good service. Boarding felt a little chaotic, but given the size of the aircraft, it's always going to be challenging. Whilst the crew were friendly, the number of passengers meant that we received our breakfast items, but had finished breakfast before we were served a drink. Lunch was much better organised, and throughout the flight, the crew were attentive. Found the seats and ICE to be excellent. Disembarkation was fine, and everything possible to expedite the process was being done.

We loved flying with Emirates in business class, the staff were fabulous, going above & beyond

The seating is spaced out nicely, The crew could have offer more drinks.

Excellent comfort and entertainment. Service poor..Food average with little choice.

Comfort good. Service as usual poor. Cabin temperature as usual too cold, about 15 degrees

Fresh energetic and friendly crew, great food, brand new plane and non stop entertainment

The food was pretty good and the crew were excellent. It would have been excellent all round but for screaming children. Six hours at least of a 10 hr flight. Mostly 1 child clearly on the spectrum and probably ADHD but I really felt for the parents and grandparents who were obviously struggling and doing the best they could under the circumstances. No reflection on the airline of course and we all need to be more tolerant with these challenges . Slept for 15 hrs when I got home.

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.

Lounge was top notch h with great variety of food and drinks. Cabin crew were great. Smooth flight.

My seat 3G did not go down fully and the buttons were not working properly

Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

These are one of the older seat arrangements facing away from the windows! Not particularly convenient sets. No storage spaces. NO COAT HANGING HOOKS. Inconvenient business class seat compared to any other airlines of similar class. Staff are excellent! Extremely professional, friendly. Food is good too.

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

Premium economy more comfortable than economy, but not by much. Did was awful, do not try the omelette. Flight crew were helpful. Flight was delayed by over an hour. Overall but bad, arrived safely and thank God.

Food was excellent. Service was very good. Staff was very helpful to all passengers.

Your flight delayed at Heathrow n I almost missed my mother funeral.you idiots. I had to waste 10 hours in different airports. Thank your stars I'm not suing you.

Seats were old and dirty, for a long haul flight you expect to be able to recline and for the av to work properly. Choice for vegans was fruit….

Very good. Glad we had Premium for the flight out.

Terrible experience resolving missed connection after flight was delayed. 3 hour queue at transit desk, not enough staff, no organisation, worst ever flying experience.

The rows of seats in economy class are seriously close to one another making eating and resting just about impossible - there is hardly any legroom. Anyone larger than average size would have an incredibly uncomfortable flight. I had to basically share my seat with the lady passenger next to me as she was too big to fit into her allotted seat.

Food was good, attendants were friendly. Seats were not comfortable. Did not receive any amenities such as eyemask or earplugs that would have helped sleep. Additionally a large group of passengers boarded very late into boarding and were a disruption for almost the whole flight. Flight attendants did their best but the kids were making so much noise, kicking seats, and half the time no adult was sat with them so they weren’t being managed.

I staff or crew they were very friendly and humbly, they done theirs service very well, I appreciate them and thank you to the company or Qatar 🇶🇦 Government for providing as good service in their flight ,once again, thank you 😊 🙏 😀 😉 👍

Crews are very rude and unhelpful. Cramped seats in economy. Foods are useless

Lovely aircraft and I flight entertainment. Good leg room. Full flight crew struggled a bit

Bag check in at DC was slow. Boarding process was slow more due to customers unfamiliar with how to board properly. Food and service was excellent!

Food not good as good as last time flew with them

Seats very uncomfortable, impossible to sleep. Food average, bakery items not fresh. Pockets in seats not large enough to hold a book and a few other items. Cabin temperature too cold, even with blanket. Good selection of movies. Other than that 12 hours of torture!

Didn't have internet connection, and the flight was over booked.

I booked tickets for a family of five and specifically paid extra to select our seats together. We spent nearly $1,000 extra (around $100 per seat) for extra legroom so we could sit near each other. However, despite paying for this, we ended up being separated on the flight. This caused a major issue for our family because my parents do not speak English and rely on me to translate and assist them during the journey. I do not understand why Etihad changed our reserved seats without explanation. I am extremely dissatisfied with this experience. I expect the airline to do better, and I am requesting a full refund for the seat selection fees we paid.

1 hour delay meant missed my connecting flight and 1st day of holiday

Etihad Check In counter/Station manager in Heathrow was bothering and not helpful at all. They are rude and not customer oriented

Etihad charged me for 2 check in bags. On Kayak search results price was showing 2 check in bags were included. Kayak need to reimburse me for these additional charges and metal agony and distress. Thanks.

I am a larger than average person and in my opinion i don't think it's fair to allocate a window seat to anyone who is my size or larger, i was seated between 2 large passengers on a full aircraft. The guy in the window seat also occupied a portion of the middle seat (my seat) which made my experience of flying with etihad very cramped and uncomfortable, i was flying from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok. Had this been a airbus 380 it would have been better as the seats are larger but unfortunately it wasn't so i had to endure the 6+hrs unable to get any rest

Surprised at the lower quality of seats on the Boeing 777 in Business Class. Seats are tight and the whole Business class section is jam packed with seats. It doesn’t feel like Business Class at all. Also the way the tray tables are placed with a huge bulky solid metal hinge at knee level makes it so uncomfortable and always anxious that one will accidentally bang their knee on it. Quality of amenities has also declined. Over priced tickets with diminished quality of the entire experience.

The business class experience is fantastic. The crew were polite but often unavailable even when I tried to call them! I even found myself bringing my used dishes and cutlery up to the crew because no one had come to collect it after over an hour.

1st of all on February 27th Abu Dhabi to Delhi flight the seat wasn't comfortable at all, coming back the Lounge at Abu Dhabi didn't have anything. Than the Food in the flight

Very very bad service very tight seats never ever flying with Etihad again

I could not book in online at all which is what I always do to secure a window seat which is my preference.

Food is horrible. Flight was good and the staff were mostly men.

Delayed suitcase - terrible service to get my suitcase next day, I was informed it would arrive today in the afternoon (Jun/28). Now, I was informed I may or may not receive it until 3 am (Jun/29).

Seats were comfortable, but boarding was the worst I've ever seen. Way too much walking to get onboard as we had to go up & down steps several & then bus took us halfway around the airport for boarding & had to board outside after a very long bus rood.

I will never want to book with these people. They are arrogant and rude. Food was really really bad, crew was even worst

The plane was so old, it needs to be retired! The windows were rattling we paid for premier economy and there was no footrest. Video console was so old, barely had any games for kids. Video console is very slow to react. The gaming console was broken. The foldable food table was sticky and the air hostess had a rough time opening it and closing it for us!!

Generally very good. I think their service is better than some other big names I used to travel with. Their food variety is second to none - and you can place order beforehand. Their seating design is a bit awkward for service, I'd say. Flight attendants must be tall enough - long legs and arms - to reach the window seat passenger while crossing over the isle passenger. Also appreciated the variety on entertainment.

Could have used more leg room for “business class” which is basically coach with a middle seat blocked. Crew was friendly, attentive. Zero entertainment.

Generally okay. Disappointing compared to some of their competitors. My seat hadn’t been cleaned properly which was upsetting

Seats not as comfortable as I had hoped. Food was very nice, service was fine. Entertainment options very nice. Had thought the premium economy was a more plus 2-3-2 layout but it was a 2-4-2 with seats not as wide as I had expected.

Very dated plane. Seat was firm and uncomfortable. Entertainment system almost laughably outdated. Poor audio. Picture was always too dark.

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