Grateful for the opportunity to fly you. A pleasure navigating the skies together for a unique aviation experience for your viewers. I'm glad it showcases the hard work we do for our passengers on challenging days. Thank you for the adventure Sam! Hope to see you again. And Happy New Year!

I am a retired pilot but would love to fly there!! Great job captain! What a beautiful place. ❤

Real pilots!!!, real flying, teamwork, super video shots, awesome music - happy new year, Sam🥂

THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY HOME COUNTRY ❤❤❤ Love from the Maldives 🇲🇻🇲🇻 Hope you enjoyed the paradise of the world

Hi! Sam, what an incredible video. Simply awesome 👍🏻 First time seeing such a plane and pilots in slippers having such a great teamwork to fly all passengers to their destinations safely. Kudos! for their dedication and commitment to their profession👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Sam, Thank You for sharing.

Now that’s some real flying. Thank you Sam for sharing incredible experience with us.

much respect for these pilots working in all sorts of weather and the resort staff aswell. communication is a great skill and these guys doing great. Thanks you too Sam for showing these hardworking people of the amazing maldives. Happy new year and up to more cool vids in 2024

Sam, I’d love to see the maintenance operation. With those aircraft in salt water all the time, the work to keep them going has to be staggering.

Incredible scenery and a great adventure.

After watching this video, I feel like I spent the whole day in the Maldives. The sounds of waves, soft sand and emotional moments - all of them are perfectly conveyed in the frames. It's incredible the power such a beautiful place can have. It's definitely worth adding the Maldives to your list of places to visit in your life!

Fun fact: Many of these Twin Otters used to be with an airline in Guatemala. Used to fly these planes a lot at the time as they were the perfect aircraft for the dirt runways to visit Mayan ruins. They were all purchased in one big transaction years ago and they flew all the way from Guatemala to the Maldives. That's a long flight!

Great video Sam! I’ve always wanted to go to the maldives! This makes me want to go more!

I have been to the Maldives, a wonderful place. I can't wait to go back. I left my heart there.

The vortices on those propellers on take-off are so cool! Awesome operations they have there, so professional. 👏

The audio from the cockpit was AMAZING! 🤩

I Respect pilot the crew and their hospitality.

When I was in The Maldives, I spent a lot of time watching those seaplanes come and go. Couldn't get enough of them!

Thank you for making such amazing content, Sam! Looking forward to more amazing adventures for you in 2024!!

So disappointing in Greece 🇬🇷 , with so many beautiful islands we do not have such infrastructure .. Great Video , Thank you Sam 😊

Thanks so very much Sam for sharing this with us. Its very interesting. I learned a lot.

I flew for TMA in the early 2000s. It was cool being part of the bare foot pilots. WOW things have definitely changed. That parking and terminal area is beautiful. Cool video. Safe Flying from Canada 🇨🇦 👍

We loved our time in the Maldives! Beautiful place, beautiful people.

So fun watching this video Sam! Looks like you had a great time in the Maldives as well🙌

wow Incredible scenery, thanks for sharing, cheers to many more avgeek adventures in the upcoming year!

Absolutely brilliant, I didn't realise they had so many seaplanes there , thanks Sam!

Now I know where all the Twin Otters retired to. For a DH6 lover like me this is paradise. Thanks Sam have a healthy and prosperous new year.

WOW! This is extremely exquisite, thanks a trillion Zillion times Sam Chui for this lovely video

Maldives is so beautiful I love the island 🏝️

Thankyou Sam for my last video for 2023 from you! LOVED IT! Can’t see myself affording to ever go to the Maldives, so Thankyou . Happy New Year! From Perth Western Australia

Very interesting video, not usual in so much rain compared to the postcard of the maldives. Thank you Sam!

Thanks Sam, love your content this time,very entertaining and informative…..❤

One of the best airplane & pilot video & this is what real flying is about. This would be my dream job if I was 30 years younger

Two great experiences in one, air and sea. It gives a sense of freshness all the way

Now that's some real flying. Thank you Sam for sharing you amazing experience with us😊

What an interesting and fascinating look at the Maldives Seaplanes, and their operations! So far I’ve only stayed at resorts within speedboat distance from MLE. After seeing this, I will likely stay elsewhere to have the seaplane experience. Also, it’s so well managed! A really great and informative video! Thanks, Sam!

That was awesome and how good was it that you and Nonstop Dan were on the same flight, love his vlogs!!

I have never been a fan of seaplanes until I saw that footage. Great work by the pilot, the first officer, and excellent footage by Sam. Thanks

Sam, this looks like a pilot's paradise......thank you for the great video ❤

No words to describe but Simply Awesome video. Thanks Sam!

As always Sam, you shared an incredible videos. Keep up the great contents and thank you for the videos.

Heaven on earth is maldives... Very cordial and good ambiance on this ground....lovely place to spend time on leisure trip.

This is one of your Top 5 Vids in my opinion. So cool to watch. Thankyou!!!

Visited the Maldives for scuba diving this summer, and went on a seaplane from Maldivian to the Raa-Atoll. They flew regardless being VFR at 3.000 ft through the clouds. 😅Amazing place to be, especially as a private pilot. This video brings back so much amazing memories. ❤Thank you Sam! 😃

this was a great video. As a ramp staff working for a seaplnae operation I just enjoyed seeing the operations in different conditions. just amazing. would love to see more of this.

The cyclone that’s coming off the prop from the rain is badass!!

Very cool. Thank you Sam.

@SamChui Hi Sam, indeed, but not forgetting another 2 operators here so we have a little over 90 DHC6 Twin Otter on floats flying here in the Maldives: personally, I have been here for 28 years and flew for Maldivian Air Taxi, Trans Maldivian Airways, Maldivian Seaplanes and now Manta Air. It is an amazing pretty well-oiled machine and even though we face a tough time with the change of monsoon season as you experienced, we nearly always get our passengers in & out. Great Video and a big thank you for sharing (it's definitely passing along all my pilot friends and colleagues)!

Best end of year adventure ever

This is an AWESOME episode. We so rarely get any exposure to making trips by sea plane. Thanks for this. Your pilots and crew seemed amazing! - Gee in Sonoma, CA

First off WOW! 🤩 Two of my favorite UKpostsrs Dan & Sam! 😮 Also that Emirates 🇦🇪 Premium Economy looks pretty epic on that GORGEOUS 777-300ER! 🎉 Also at 2:06 that is NOT FULLY TRUE! The World’s Largest, Busiest Seaplane Base in the world is actually located on Lakes Hood & Spenard in Anchorage Alaska. Home to more than 190 seaplane flights per day Lake Hood followed closely by Lake Spenard with 176 seaplane flights per day make up the LARGEST floatplane operation in the world and the airlines that operate there are the BUSIEST Seaplane Operators on earth Trans-Maldives is only the largest seaplane operator by total fleet size and not by much, Harbor Air located in Vancouver, BC, Canada 🇨🇦 is the Second Largest flying De Havilland Canada Twin Otter, Otter & Beaver aircraft and only 9 planes short of the largest by fleet size, the same can be said about Air Tindi also of Canada 🇨🇦 but from Yellowknife they fly De Havilland Canada being Twin Otter, Otter & Beaver Aircraft… Also you have Kenmore Air from Washington State 🇺🇸 only 10 short of the biggest flying DHC Classic Beaver, Turbine Beaver and Piper J3 Supercub with floats and finally the fifth largest operator Rust’s Flying Service, this sightseeing and primary transportation airline is essential to the remote geographical challenges of Alaska and headquartered on Lake Hood in Anchorage AK. I know a lot about seaplanes and I am working towards my seaplane PPL rating so excuse the long comment! Great video my friend! Cheers 🥂 Caleb’s Aviation 😊

Amazing experience Sam, enjoyed every moment, even at such small distances weather can change and great to know that there are set operational procedures for any eventuality !

Great video Sam. Have fun in Maldives and a great new year. Cheers.🍺

We’ve been there two months ago and also used to fly with a seaplane. We loved it and it was an amazing vacation we’ll definitely do again and again and again. Thanks for this amazing video!

thanks for this Sam...very much appreciated. All the way from Trinidad & Tobago

Another travel destination to my bucket list. What a beautiful place, breathtaking!

Straight from Brazil to appreciate your work and say how wonderful it is to have so many hydroplanes in one place

Great to see the 2 most famous YT channels make a video together Great work!!

Paradise on earth; so beautiful even in the rain ! Thanks for sharing Sam; hope you were able to enjoy a few sunny days for a vacation.

This is my favourite one you’ve ever done Sam, my dream to go there one day!

YOU ARE THE KING MAN. I LOVE YOU, YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL. YOU ARE NUMBER 1 IN THE WORLD. TURKEY

So good. Thank you ! On my way in 2024! 😊. Brilliant operation

As someone from maldives i really enjoyed the video ❤🇲🇻

I always learn so much about aviation from your videos, I like that the pilots really open up about operations

Happy new year Sam!!. I hope you and your family, have all had a very Merry Christmas, all the best for 2024. Alex.

Fantastic video as always Sam! 2023 has been an amazing year for aviation, and it's partly all thanks for your amazing content uploaded past these 365 days from country to country ( especially the final 747 delivery! ) Happy New Year and all the best for 2024✈️🥳😎

Water landing to the floating platform. Wow. 😲 Unfavorable weather conditions added so many details to otherwise very beautiful video. Good job, Sam. 🛩️🌴👍

Hi Sam. Many congratulations on your wonderful video showing the seaplane operation in the Maldives. I first visited 35 years ago and one of your stops (LUX) was my very first island all those years ago. I have visited hundreds of times since then and would like to thank you for a great representation of how things work in the Maldives. Richard

Good job, Mr. Chui with this video ! Great details.

ca fait vraiment plaisir de découvrir le monde avec vous

That was Outstanding!! Thank you!

What a great duo great work Sam

Another great video Sam!

Easily one of your best Vlogs!! Amazing...

Thank you for such an amazing video. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Sam this one is a amazing video. It's very very beautiful 😍 thank you so much for you 💯💪💪💪💪

Sam , That is one of the best vids you have done ... Bizarre !

Currently in the Maldives watching the seaplanes from my sun lounger - great teamwork and video 🇬🇧

Thank you for this well done video; you have inspired me! 🙏

Handsome captain 😍✌

A perfect video to start the New Year , Sam..❤

Being a pilot in this area seems so cool!!

Thank you sir, a most enjoyable flight

Wow. Amazing, Beautiful Maldive..

You have the best BTS footage Mr Chui. Amazing work.

Great job very professional crew

Waw, Greetings from Maldives 🙌🙌

Love this, Sam. And what a great thing that you and Dan were on the same Etihad flight!

Whoa, just saw the coolest seaplane pilot job!

This is must experience if you visit the Maldives. I know some hotels are closer to MLE so they offer boat rides to their place BUT in my opinion a seaplane ride is a must if you travel to this incredible paradise! Great vid!

Now I wanna go for vacation in the Maldives :D

Amazing, thank u for sharing

Welcome to the Maldives 🇲🇻🇲🇻🇲🇻🇲🇻🇲🇻

Awesome

Not everyday do you get to see the ocean planes. I like this.

Two of my favorite UKposts avgeeks. Great video

Happy new trae 2024 ,congratulations

Hi Sam, thanks for showing us incredible adventure of wonderworld probably we would not be able to see in our life for many reasons. I am wonder plane can take-off and land on off shore too, simply fantastic .

This was an amazing video way better than most. Thank you.

Awsome episode!!!!!!

Sam, I love most of your video`s, this one is A+......