Maldivian, the national airline has received the Airlines Reliability Performance Award for Outstanding Dispatch Reliability 2016 in the Oceania category, an award by Canadian multinational aerospace and transportation company, Bombardier Inc.

The Airline Reliability Performance Award is presented to the airline that holds their dispatch reliability at the 99 percent mark, with a minimum of technical faults throughout the year.

The carrier believes that It is a great honour to be selected for such an award, especially from a number of competitors in the Oceania region that fly Dash 8 model aircrafts. This is the fifth time Maldivian has received this award. Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.

Maldivian is the airline division of Island Aviation Services Ltd and the national carrier of Maldives.

The airline consists a fleet of Dash8-200 and 300 series aircrafts, airbuses and DHC-6 Twin Otter aircrafts. Maldivian operates to all airports in the country and also flies to Trivandrum & Chennai in India and Dhaka, Bangladesh.