# BeOnd > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/BeOnd > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/BeOnd.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOnd > Source revision: 1350538644 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|International airline in the Maldives}} {{Lowercase title}} {{Infobox airline | airline = beOnd | logo = BEOND.png | logo_alt = BeOnd Logo | logo_size = 200px | image = Beond Airlines by Matheen Faiz.jpg | caption = A Beond [Airbus A319-100](/source/Airbus_A319-100) | IATA = B4 | ICAO = BYD | callsign = BEOND | founded = {{Start date and age|2022|01||df=yes|br=y}}{{cite news|last=Tunney|first=Donna|title=What To Know About BeOnd: The World's First Luxury Airline In The Maldives|url=https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-fly-beond-new-luxury-maldives-airline/|work=The Travel|date=23 November 2022|access-date=4 July 2023|language=en}} | commenced = {{Start date and age|2023|11|15|df=yes|br=y}} | bases = {{nowrap|[Velana International Airport](/source/Velana_International_Airport)}} | hubs = | focus_cities = | fleet_size = 2 | destinations = 6{{cite web|title=Beond on ch-aviation|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/0N3|website=ch-aviation.com|date=|access-date=|language=en}} | parent = Beond Holding Limited | headquarters = [Dubai](/source/Dubai), United Arab Emirates{{Cite news |last=Garcia |first=Marisa |date=8 November 2023 |title=Beond Carves Out Luxury Leisure Micro-Niche On Low-Cost Airline Values |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisagarcia/2023/11/08/beond-carves-out-luxury-leisure-micro-niche-on-low-cost-airline-values/ |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=[Forbes](/source/Forbes) |language=en}} | founders = *Max Nilov *{{nowrap|Sascha Feuerherd }} *{{nowrap|Tero Taskila{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://flybeond.com/about.php|website=BeOnd|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704144904/https://flybeond.com/about.php|url-status=dead}}}} | num_employees = | website = [https://flybeond.com flybeond.com] }} '''beOnd''' is a [Maldivian](/source/Maldives) [airline](/source/airline) headquartered in [Dubai](/source/Dubai) and based at [Velana International Airport](/source/Velana_International_Airport) near the capital of the Maldives, [Malé](/source/Mal%C3%A9).{{Cite web |last= |date=13 January 2024 |title=05 Amazing Local Airlines to Travel in Maldives! |url=https://mvhotels.travel/05-amazing-local-airlines-to-travel-in-maldives/ |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=MVHOTELS.TRAVEL |language=en-US}} It was founded by Max Nilov and Tero Taskila in November 2022. The airline is a [joint venture](/source/joint_venture) formed by the investment firm Arabesque, and the Maldivian hospitality company SIMDI Group.{{Cite web |last= |date=14 December 2023 |title=Beond, the world's first premium leisure airline, announces a distribution agreement with Euroairlines. |url=https://euroairlines.euroairlines.es/en/beond-the-worlds-first-premium-leisure-airline-announces-a-distribution-agreement-with-euroairlines/ |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Euroairlines |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=7 October 2022 |title=Beond: The New Luxury Airline By SIMDI Group and ARABESQUE Will Operate Airbus A321Neo’s |url=https://www.aviatorsmaldives.com/post/131155271 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Aviators Maldives}} ==History== ===Foundation=== The only way to enter the [Maldives](/source/Maldives) from all countries is by air. At present, international airlines dominate operations at [Velana International Airport](/source/Velana_International_Airport), because the Maldives' flag carrier, [Maldivian](/source/Maldivian_(airline)), has too small a fleet to cater to the growth at the airport and to compete with international airlines, along with connecting more worldwide destinations.{{cn|date=January 2024}} Max Nilov, Tero Taskila and Sascha Feuerherd decided to create a new airline by forming a joint venture of two companies, Arabesque and SIMDI Group. beOnd plans to connect the Maldives to multiple [European](/source/European_countries) and [Asian](/source/Asian_countries) countries with their cities, as well as to [Australia](/source/Australia).{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Katherine |date=29 June 2023 |title=A new premium Maldives airline with all-flat seats is headed for Australia |url=https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/a-new-premium-airline-with-all-flat-seats-is-headed-for-australia-20230627-p5djw4.html |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=[Sydney Morning Herald](/source/Sydney_Morning_Herald) |language=en}} It announced plans to operate to over 50 destinations in more than 25 countries with a fleet of over 30 aircraft in the next few years.{{Cite news |date=5 September 2023 |title=Luxury airline Beond selects Riyadh, Munich, and Zurich as launch cities for Maldives |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2367656/amp |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=[Arab News](/source/Arab_News)}} On 10 August 2023, the first aircraft, an [Airbus A319](/source/Airbus_A319), joined the fleet with 44 lie-flat seats in a 2-2 configuration.{{cn|date=November 2025}} Its [Airbus A321](/source/Airbus_A321) joined the fleet on 2 September 2024 with a seat configuration of 68 lie-flat seats in a 2-2 format.{{Cite web |last=Sipinski |first=Dominik |date=12 October 2022 |title=UAE's Arabesque to operate as BeOnd from Maldives |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/120385-uaes-arabesque-to-operate-as-beond-from-maldives |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=ch-aviation |language=en}}Additional Airbus for Beond ''[Airliner World](/source/Airliner_World)'' November 2024 page 13 Planned initial destinations were originally disclosed to include [Dubai](/source/Dubai), [Delhi](/source/Delhi), [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong), [Milan](/source/Milan), [Munich](/source/Munich), [Paris](/source/Paris), [Riyadh](/source/Riyadh), [Singapore](/source/Singapore), [Taipei](/source/Taipei), [Vienna](/source/Vienna) and [Zürich](/source/Z%C3%BCrich) and a potential connection to [Perth](/source/Perth) and [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), along with seasonal destinations such as [Finland](/source/Finland).{{Cite web |title=Beond {{!}} Book Flights Online & Save |url=https://www.alternativeairlines.com/beond |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.alternativeairlines.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Prisco |first=Jacopo |date=24 July 2023 |title=The new ‘private jet’-style airline set to fly to Maldives |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/beond-airline-maldives/index.html |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=[CNN](/source/CNN)}} ===Start of operations=== beOnd was originally slated to begin commercial operations by September 2023.{{Cite web |last= |date=29 June 2023 |title=Luxury airline Beond debuts in September |url=https://hotelinsidermv.com/2023/06/29/luxury-airline-beond-debuts-in-september/ |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Hotel Insider |language=en-US}} The actual start was in November 2023.{{Cite web |last=Lassetter |first=Jon |date=2023-11-22 |title=New Route of the Day (15 November 2023): Beond between Munich and Malé |url=https://airserviceone.com/new-route-of-the-day-15-november-2023-beond-between-munich-and-male/ |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Air Service One |language=en-GB}} In February 2024, the airline announced it would downgrade its services to [Munich](/source/Munich_Airport) to a seasonal route, citing economic reasons.{{Cite web |last=Nowack |first=Timo |date=27 February 2024 |title=Beond streicht München aus dem Sommerflugplan |trans-title=Beond removes Munich from the summer flight schedule |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/beond-legt-in-muenchen-sommerpause-ein |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=aeroTELEGRAPH |language=de}} At the same time, the new route to [Bangkok](/source/Bangkok) originally announced for a start in July 2024 had also been cancelled.{{Cite web |last=Liu |first=Jim |date=29 February 2024 |title=BeOnd NS24 Network Changes |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240229-b4ns24 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=AeroRoutes |language=en-CA}} == Destinations == thumb|Countries served by Beond{{Cite web |date= |title=Beond Flights and Destinations - FlightConnections |url=https://www.flightconnections.com/route-map-beond-b4 |access-date=1 Feb 2025 |website=www.flightconnections.com |language=en}} As of March 2026, beOnd serves the following scheduled destinations.{{Cite web |title=Bookable flights on airline's website |url=https://flybeond.com/ |access-date=1 Feb 2025 |website=flybeond.com}} {| class="sortable wikitable" !Country !City !Airport !Notes !Refs |- |[France](/source/France)||[Paris](/source/Paris)||[Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport](/source/Paris_Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport)||||align=center| |- |[Germany](/source/Germany)||[Munich](/source/Munich)||[Munich Airport](/source/Munich_Airport)||{{Airline seasonal}}||align=center| |- |[Italy](/source/Italy)||[Milan](/source/Milan)||[Milan Malpensa Airport](/source/Milan_Malpensa_Airport)||align=center| ||align=center| |- |[Maldives](/source/Maldives)||[Malé](/source/Mal%C3%A9)||[Velana International Airport](/source/Velana_International_Airport)||{{Airline hub}}||align=center| |- | rowspan="2" |[Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia)||[Riyadh](/source/Riyadh)||[King Khalid International Airport](/source/King_Khalid_International_Airport)||align=center| ||align=center| |- |[Red Sea](/source/Red_Sea_Project) |[Red Sea International Airport](/source/Red_Sea_International_Airport) | align="center" | | align="center" | |- |[Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) ||[Zürich](/source/Z%C3%BCrich)||[Zurich Airport](/source/Zurich_Airport)||align=center| ||align=center| |- |[United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates)||[Dubai](/source/Dubai)||[Al Maktoum International Airport](/source/Al_Maktoum_International_Airport)|| align="center" | | |- |[United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) ||[London](/source/London)||[London Heathrow Airport](/source/London_Heathrow_Airport)||align=center| ||align=center| |- |} == Fleet == {{As of|2026|3}}, BeOnd operates the following aircraft:{{cite magazine |title=Global Airline Guide 2025 - BeOnd |magazine=Airliner World |date=September 2025 |page=66}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto;" |+ !Aircraft !In service !Orders !Passengers !Notes |- |[Airbus A319-100](/source/Airbus_A319-100) |1 |— |44 |8Q-FBA |- |[Airbus A321-200](/source/Airbus_A321-200) |1 |— |68 |8Q-FBB |- !Total !2 !— ! ! |} ==See also== * [List of airlines of the Maldives](/source/List_of_airlines_of_the_Maldives) ==References== {{Commonscat|BeOnd}} {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{official|https://flybeond.com/}} * [http://arabesque.aero/ Arabesque - Official website] * [https://www.simdi.com/ SIMDI Group - Home] {{Portalbar|Companies|Aviation}} {{Airlines of Maldives}} Category:2022 establishments in the Maldives Category:Airlines established in 2022 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [BeOnd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOnd) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOnd?action=history)). 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