Air Seychelles to Increase Frequency on its Mumbai Route
Air Seychelles, the national
airline of the Republic of Seychelles has announced that it will increase its
services between Seychelles and Mumbai to six flights per week starting from 12
May, 2019.
The new frequency to be operated on
Sundays by the airline’s Airbus A320 aircraft will provide better network
access to both business and leisure passengers travelling to Mumbai or the Seychelles
and beyond.
To meet the increasing demand from
the market and to provide guests more travel options, the flight schedule have
been carefully timed with convenient early morning arrivals including
departures from Mumbai to allow seamless connection in less than three hours to
Johannesburg and Mauritius with Air Seychelles via the Seychelles.
Guests travelling from Mumbai to
the Seychelles between July and October 2019 can also combined their trip to
paradise with a quick getaway to the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo,
following the announcement of the seasonal flights set to commence during the
upcoming summer holidays.
Charles Johnson, Chief Commercial
Officer of Air Seychelles said: “Air Seychelles has been serving the Indian
market for over five years now since the launch of this route in 2014.
“Growing our presence in India
forms part of the airline’s strategy to increase its network growth across the
Indian Ocean by providing direct air access to the Seychelles archipelago and
beyond.
“Expanding our operation in Mumbai
will not only build on the existing trade and tourism relationship between the
two countries, but it will also provide considerable opportunity for Air
Seychelles to increase its business by tapping into areas where there is the
demand.
“We believe that the additional 252
seats provided on this route will also be great news to the Indian community
working and living in the Seychelles similarly to the Seychellois residents
travelling for leisure, business or for medical purposes to the west coast.”
Air Seychelles currently has active
codeshare agreement with Air India to eight cities across India including
Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kochi, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Trivandrum
including international services between Mumbai and Bangkok. The national
airline also codeshares’ with Air India on the Mumbai, Seychelles and
Johannesburg route. In 2015, Air Seychelles in addition joined India's premier
international airline Jet Airways, in a codeshare partnership to offer flights
to the Seychelles from nine Indian cities.
The new Sunday flight is now on
sale and travelers are invited to book their tickets via airseychelles.com,
visit the airlines’ sales offices located in both Mahe and Praslin or contact
the Air Seychelles Call Centre on 4391000.
