I flew in a seaplane for the first time, and I'd say it's easily the most fun way to fly
To get to the resort, which is located on two private islands, you have to take a seaplane from the Maldives' main international airport in Malé.
The hotel arranges the seaplane for guests through Trans Maldivian Airways, a unique airline that exclusively flies seaplanes. The airline flies about 50 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter planes modified to land and take off on water.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesMy wife and I landed at Malé after a 90-minute flight from Sri Lanka, and disembarked onto the tarmac. We were next to the terminal building, so we were able to walk right over instead of getting on a bus.Once we were through customs, we found a representative from our resort, who brought us to a dedicated seaplane check-in area.
The seaplane terminal at Malé airport is separate from the main terminal building, so you'll need to take a shuttle to get there — it's a quick 5- to 10-minute drive.Trans Maldivian Airways operates with a different schedule each day, based on how many people are going to and coming from each resort. We were scheduled on a flight about 90 minutes later, so we had some time to wait.
Many of the resorts have lounges near the seaplane terminal where passengers can wait until their flight — ours was specious and fairly empty, with just one other couple in transit.The lounge had an outer deck where you could watch the planes coming and going.We took a van ride to the main seaplane terminal shortly before our flight ...David Slotnick/Business InsiderIt was a little chaotic, mostly just because the propellers were very loud as planes came and went.
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