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Airport Maldives
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Project Executive Summary
India, 2017
Existing Male’ International Airport from the sky
04 // OLIALIA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT MALDIVES //
08 // PROMOTERS OF OLIALIA
WORLD — VERMA FAMILY //
15 // PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES //
4 // Strictly Confidential 2017
The letter, signed by Maldives Tourism Minister Moosa Zameer, inviting Olialia World to develop International Airport
in Maldives has been addressed to Mrs. Anca Verma, Chairperson Olialia World. As per the proposed BOT (Build,
Operate, Transfer) model by the Tourism Ministry of Maldives, Olialia will be constructing, owning and operating
the airport for 50 years, after which it will be handed over to the Government of Maldives.
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On November 20 th. Mr. Ahmed Shareef, Olialia country partner Maldives and Mr. Saamee Angeel, Director General
Regional Airports, Government of Maldives signed Olialia International Airport Development contract and gave
the official start for the project.
Mr. Ahmed Shareef, Olialia country partner Maldives:
"We are proud to represent Olialia brand in Maldives
and to be part of this extraordinary project — Olialia
International Airport Maldives. Development of this
project will create economic and infrastructural benefits
for Maldives while bringing thousands of tourists
and creating jobs for Maldivian people. I'm sure that
after completion of this project it will become a flagship
for tourism in our region".
The signing of Olialia International Airport Maldives
development contract. Mr. Ahmed Shareef (on the left) and
Mr. Saamee Angeel (on the right).
Olialia World will be responsible for the full funding of International Airport project through its Joint Venture
Partners, nominees or consortium. Projected total estimated cost of construction of the International Airport,
a seven-star resort on “Olialia Island”, super luxury hotel and Duty-Free shopping mall will be in excess
of US$ 500 Million.
The Government of Maldives will not take part in investment or funding of this ambitious project. It is expected
that at the moment of handling airport to Maldives government in 50 years’ time it will be valued at US$ 10 billion.
The project is likely to be completed in 24 months from the date of groundbreaking and will create more than
10 000 employment opportunities for local Maldivians. Olialia’s ambitious plans of foraying into airlines business
and other major plans will be tied up with one of the leading global charter airlines and construction companies
for Olialia International Airport project. Direct, non-stop flights that will be carried by Olialia Airlines from Dubai,
China, USA, Germany, France, and the UK will bring hundreds of thousands of tourists annually to Maldives.
Besides Olialia International Airport in Maldives, the facility would also be developed as a regional HUB
for Maintenance and Repair Organisation (MRO) for passenger jets in the Indian Ocean region catering
to airlines of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh. This will create valuable service for regional airlines
as currently for C-checks aircrafts have to be sent to Hamburg (Boeing) and Toulouse (Airbus) in Europe.
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Olialia
at the French Riviera
Olialia World was incorporated in 2001 by biggest Lithuanian newspapers group “Respublikos Leidiniai”
Ltd., which is controlled and owned by the Tomkus family. Circulation of newspapers and magazines,
published by “Respublikos Leidiniai” covers 50 % of Lithuania’s population.
Olialia World is a global company that has an operational history of over 16 years. Olialia’s headquarters are
in Delhi, India. Through its history, Olialia brand was always recognized by unique marketing initiatives, wide product
portfolio, aggressive market entrance strategy and instant growth in FMCG, entertainment, and other sectors. The brand
continues its growth in the global market and creates new business opportunities for its partners, distributors, investors.
Mr. Abhishek Verma and Mrs. Anca Verma travelling the world with Olialia promo team
Mrs. Anca Verma is the Chairperson of Olialia World and lieutenant of global conglomerate where she developed and grew
it together with her husband Mr. Abhishek Verma since 2006. Now Mrs. Verma is constantly developing Olialia brand
in order to create new business opportunities and grow
brand vertically and horizontally. With a help of Olialia's
management team, Mrs. Verma is initiating new product
developments, evaluating market entrance opportunities,
building marketing and sales strategy for all products
with Olialia trademark.
Population 417,492*
adjective: Maldivian
Sinhalese
Arabs
The year 2015 was an impressive year for the global tourism
industry with a 4.4% growth in international tourist arrivals
recording a total of 1,184 million according to UNWTO
World Tourism Barometer released in January 2016.
The international tourism demand has been booming faster
for the past few years with higher than expected arrival growth
rates despite the various challenges faced.
Looking into the regional tourism source markets, Asia and the Pacific maintained its position as the market leader
for the Maldives since the number of inbound international tourists from the region surpassed the arrival numbers
from Europe since the year 2014. Asia and the Pacific region is the fastest growing market with a significant chunk
of the pie.
In terms of individual markets, China continues to be the top tourism source market for Maldives sharing 29.1%
of the market with sustained growth rates. Although, the arrival growth from China for 2015 is 1.1% lesser than
the figure in 2014. Other top markets like Germany, United Kingdom, and Italy showed positive growth rates
in 2015. Maldives also experienced significant growth from Saudi Arabia, the United States and Australia.
51%
Europe
43%
America
16%
America
4%
Africa Africa
5% 1%
Middle East Middle East
Marketing Initiatives
Ministry of Tourism and Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) together
with industry operators from private sector undertook many initiatives to promote the destinatio in 2015
and 2016. Some of the important exhibitions participated by the Maldives include the Fitur, held in Madrid,
Spain, the FESPO Fair held in Zurich, Switzerland in January, the East Mediterranean International Tourism
and Travel Fair (EMITT) held in Istanbul, the Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT),
the Arabian Travel Market held at Dubai in May, the JATA Tourism EXPO Japan held in September, the TTG
Incontri held in Italy, The Marine Dive Fair held in Tokyo, Japan, the Azerbaijan International Tourism Fair
(AITF), and the World Travel Market (WTM) held at London in November 2015.
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Awards
Maldives achieved a big win with a total of 20 awards on various categories in the 22nd
World Travel Awards Grand Final Ceremony held in Morocco on 12th December 2015,
which included the title of the World’s Leading Beach Destination. Other renowned awards
include the winning of 2nd place on the DIVER magazine destination of the year award
and the third best exhibitor award in ITB, 2015. Also, several resorts and hotels
in the Maldives won various distinguished awards in 2015.
Accommodation Facilities
108
Tourist Resorts City hotels
14 86
guest houses
94
safari vessels
Connectivity
Air connectivity is one of the key factors in enhancing the international tourism performance in the Maldives.
Many new airlines started its operations in the Maldives during 2015 providing more connectivity and flexibility
for international tourists visiting the Maldives. Silk Air- the regional wing of Singapore Airlines started four weekly
scheduled flights to Maldives from 25th October on Singapore-Male’ route. The Beijing Capital Airlines —
a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines started three weekly scheduled flights from Beijing to Male on 27th October.
Turkish Airlines — the national flag carrier of Turkey started 5 days per week scheduled flights from Istanbul
Atatürk International Airport to Ibrahim Nasir International Airport from 24th November 2015. Also,
Air Asia — the low-cost carrier from Malaysia resumed its flights to Maldives during 2015 after stopping
the service for about a year.
Moreover, in February Maldivian added new routes with flights from Xian to Nanjing to Maldives focusing
on the increased influx of Chinese tourists and started new direct flights from Bangkok to Malé.
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747
Capable of handling in Capable of handling 5000+ Capable of handling Boeing
excess of 50+ flights a day. passengers daily. 747 aircraft.
Olialia International Airport Maldives project will be planned, designed and constructed,
following all technical, safety and operational international standards and restrictions, also:
It is planned that Olialia International Airport Maldives will be handling more than 50 scheduled
flights of international Airlines daily. Airport’s technical specification will enable this airport to take
planes up to Boeing 747 standards.
Airport facilities will include a standard set of buildings and technical solutions in order to optimise
operations and create a flawless and positive experience for travelers from around the world.
Passenger terminal will be planned and constructed to be capable of greeting more than 5000
passengers daily with fast excess to additional services such as cafes, restaurants, prayer rooms
segregated for man and woman, specialized facilities for wheelchairs, lounge.
Airport infrastructure will be arranged taking in to account maximum comfort of arriving
passengers- connection to a mini port close to the airport where tourists will be redirected to all
islands of Maldives in comfortable charter boats, speed-boats, sea-planes, helicopters and other
transport means.
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Olialia World as project initiator is looking for partners who will be responsible for the development of this ambitious
project — Olialia International Airport Maldives.
“We are looking to collaborate with companies with competence and similar project development
experience who, together with Olialia World, will be responsible for planning, implementation, funding,
and construction of a world-class International Airport. Taking into account a goal to finish this project in 24
months time we are inviting all potential partners for discussion in order to form a consortium that will lead to
one of the most interesting development projects in the world.”
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