Seychelles Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/seychelles/ Latest news and insights from the aviation and travel industry in Africa Sun, 19 Dec 2021 09:59:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://airspace-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-African-Airspace-Logo-Favicon-01-32x32.png Seychelles Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/seychelles/ 32 32 Emirates to Fly Twice daily to Seychelles for the holiday season https://airspace-africa.com/2021/12/19/emirates-to-fly-twice-daily-to-seychelles-for-the-holiday-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emirates-to-fly-twice-daily-to-seychelles-for-the-holiday-season https://airspace-africa.com/2021/12/19/emirates-to-fly-twice-daily-to-seychelles-for-the-holiday-season/#respond Sun, 19 Dec 2021 09:59:24 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=4743 Emirates has announced it will operate double daily flights to Seychelles from 24 December 2021, until 9 January 2022 to serve market demand during the busy holiday season. The added service will offer customers more travel choices, flexibility and enhanced connectivity to the island-nation. Emirates currently operates a daily flight to Seychelles utilising its Boeing [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/12/19/emirates-to-fly-twice-daily-to-seychelles-for-the-holiday-season/feed/ 0 German Leisure Airline Condor Resumes Flights to Indian Ocean Island Destinations Seychelles, Mauritius and Maldives https://airspace-africa.com/2021/10/05/german-leisure-airline-condor-resumes-flights-to-indian-ocean-island-destinations-seychelles-mauritius-and-maldives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=german-leisure-airline-condor-resumes-flights-to-indian-ocean-island-destinations-seychelles-mauritius-and-maldives https://airspace-africa.com/2021/10/05/german-leisure-airline-condor-resumes-flights-to-indian-ocean-island-destinations-seychelles-mauritius-and-maldives/#respond Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:40:19 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=3725 From Frankfurt, Germany’s leisure airline Condor re-launched flights to Seychelles, off the east coast of Africa with the airline’s Boeing 767-300 aircraft touching down at Seychelles Airport at 0620 on the morning of Saturday, October 2, 2021, where its return to the paradise islands was greeted by a water canon salute. “With the resumption of [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/10/05/german-leisure-airline-condor-resumes-flights-to-indian-ocean-island-destinations-seychelles-mauritius-and-maldives/feed/ 0 Seychelles Passes 100,000 Visitors, National Carrier Resumes Johannesburg Service this Week https://airspace-africa.com/2021/09/21/seychelles-passes-100000-visitors-national-carrier-resumes-johannesburg-service-this-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seychelles-passes-100000-visitors-national-carrier-resumes-johannesburg-service-this-week https://airspace-africa.com/2021/09/21/seychelles-passes-100000-visitors-national-carrier-resumes-johannesburg-service-this-week/#respond Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:09:10 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=3529 Seychelles reached 100,000 arrivals for the year on the weekend of September 19, 2021 The Island archipelago is a sought-after holiday destination. Located in the west Indian Ocean, it was one of the first destinations to open up to tourism irrespective of visitors’ vaccination status during the pandemic Mrs. Bernadette Willemin, Director General for Destination [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/09/21/seychelles-passes-100000-visitors-national-carrier-resumes-johannesburg-service-this-week/feed/ 0 Seychelles’ Islands Development Company Looking to the ATR42-600 for Expansion https://airspace-africa.com/2021/09/06/seychelles-islands-development-company-looking-to-the-atr42-600-for-expansion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seychelles-islands-development-company-looking-to-the-atr42-600-for-expansion https://airspace-africa.com/2021/09/06/seychelles-islands-development-company-looking-to-the-atr42-600-for-expansion/#respond Mon, 06 Sep 2021 06:08:03 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=3333 Islands Development Company(IDC), a state owned entity responsible for the economic development of the Seychelles outer islands archipelago is advancing plans to improve domestic air connectivity with addition of ATR42-600 aircraft according to smartaviation IDC’s aviation base is located at Pointe Larue, about 1 km south of the Seychelles International Airport. According to their website, [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/09/06/seychelles-islands-development-company-looking-to-the-atr42-600-for-expansion/feed/ 0 Air Seychelles Re-establishes Scheduled Services to Mauritius https://airspace-africa.com/2021/08/05/air-seychelles-re-establishes-scheduled-services-to-mauritius/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=air-seychelles-re-establishes-scheduled-services-to-mauritius https://airspace-africa.com/2021/08/05/air-seychelles-re-establishes-scheduled-services-to-mauritius/#respond Thu, 05 Aug 2021 12:25:28 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=2881 Air Seychelles will resume scheduled operations to Mauritius beginning October 3. Mauritius is set for a full reopening from October 1 following the partial reopening of the island nation to international travellers on 15, July. The Seychellois national carrier suspended flights to Mauritius in March last year in view of restrictions imposed by the Mauritian [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/08/05/air-seychelles-re-establishes-scheduled-services-to-mauritius/feed/ 0 Air Seychelles to Operate Charter Services to Mauritius and Kazakhstan, Remains Committed to Israel https://airspace-africa.com/2021/07/21/air-seychelles-to-operate-charter-services-to-mauritius-and-kazakhstan-remains-committed-to-israel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=air-seychelles-to-operate-charter-services-to-mauritius-and-kazakhstan-remains-committed-to-israel https://airspace-africa.com/2021/07/21/air-seychelles-to-operate-charter-services-to-mauritius-and-kazakhstan-remains-committed-to-israel/#respond Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:47:22 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=2554 Air Seychelles has announced a series of charter flights it will be operating over the coming months, announcing today it will be operating ad hoc charter services to Mauritius, following the partial reopening of the island nation to international travellers on 15, July. The airline says it is monitoring the market situation in Mauritius up [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/07/21/air-seychelles-to-operate-charter-services-to-mauritius-and-kazakhstan-remains-committed-to-israel/feed/ 0 Air Seychelles Appoints new CEO and CFO https://airspace-africa.com/2021/07/12/air-seychelles-appoints-new-ceo-and-cfo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=air-seychelles-appoints-new-ceo-and-cfo https://airspace-africa.com/2021/07/12/air-seychelles-appoints-new-ceo-and-cfo/#respond Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:35:19 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=2402 Air Seychelles has revealed its new CEO and CFO. The ministry of transport announced on Wednesday, July 7, that Captain Sandy Benoiton has been appointed as new acting CEO and Tyrian Gendron as acting chief financial officer. They replace outgoing chief executive, Remco Althuis and chief finance officer, Michael Berlouis respectively. Capt Sandy Benoiton’s airline [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/07/12/air-seychelles-appoints-new-ceo-and-cfo/feed/ 0 Seychelles and Angola to strengthen bilateral air transport cooperation https://airspace-africa.com/2021/06/12/seychelles-and-angola-to-strengthen-bilateral-air-transport-cooperation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seychelles-and-angola-to-strengthen-bilateral-air-transport-cooperation https://airspace-africa.com/2021/06/12/seychelles-and-angola-to-strengthen-bilateral-air-transport-cooperation/#respond Sat, 12 Jun 2021 10:08:30 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=2085 Seychelles has accelerated plans to sign a bilateral air service agreement with Angola after a positive meeting between transport Minister Derjacques and the Angolan ambassador Sandro Renato Agostinho de Oliveira. After inking a General Cooperation Agreement and an Agreement on the Creation of a Bilateral Commission, the two governments have set sights on September for [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/06/12/seychelles-and-angola-to-strengthen-bilateral-air-transport-cooperation/feed/ 0 Air Seychelles operates first charter to Australia , Parts ways with Etihad https://airspace-africa.com/2021/05/19/air-seychelles-operates-first-charter-to-australia-parts-ways-with-etihad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=air-seychelles-operates-first-charter-to-australia-parts-ways-with-etihad https://airspace-africa.com/2021/05/19/air-seychelles-operates-first-charter-to-australia-parts-ways-with-etihad/#respond Wed, 19 May 2021 02:57:40 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=1884 Air Seychelles on Monday May 17, announced it conducted its first ever charter flight to the Australian skies operating into the capital of New South Wales and one of Australia’s largest cities Sydney. The charter flight from Maldives was carrying a group of 38 players from the Indian Premier league and was operated with the [...]

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