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Gulf Air to relaunch flights to the Maldives in December
Gulf Air will resume its direct flights to the Maldives from 12 December.
The twice weekly service – on Mondays and Saturdays – will operate from London via Bahrain.
Gulf Air has been flying to Male in the Maldives since October last year.
The Maldives is exempt from the FCDO advice against non-essential travel and there is no need to quarantine for 14 days when returning to the UK, although all overseas holidays from England will be banned under the second, month-long lockdown, beginning on Thursday.
On arrival in the Maldives, tourists must present a negative PCR Covid-19 test, issued no more than 96 hours before departure.
By Linsey McNeill, Editor (UK)
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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