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Seychelles is changing into extra accessible to guests from different elements of the world with a rise in airline connections and flight frequencies, mentioned Tourism Seychelles, the advertising arm of the tourism division
Final Saturday, Condor Airways resumed seasonal flights to Seychelles with a brand new progressive plane, the Airbus A330Neo-900. The constitution airline hyperlinks Seychelles on to Frankfurt in Germany.
Condor will function a weekly direct flight enhancing the connection between Germany and Seychelles and from November 21 to March 12, 2024, it would add a further weekly flight to the route.
Edelweiss Airline, the famend Swiss leisure provider, additionally resumed operations with a weekly direct flight from Zurich to Seychelles.
One other European provider, Turkish Airways, will function three weekly flights finish of October connecting Seychelles to Istanbul.
Ethiopian Airways, certainly one of Africa’s main carriers, is ready to extend its flight frequency to Seychelles to twice day by day flights in October giving extra choices for travellers from numerous elements of the world together with the African continent.
Emirates stays the main provider for travellers to Seychelles, presently sustaining seven flights weekly and resuming its double day by day flights as of October.
In the meantime, Aeroflot, Russia’s nationwide airline, will increase journey frequency to Seychelles as of October 16. The airline can have three weekly flights connecting Moscow on to Seychelles, ensuring that the Japanese European nation stays among the many high supply markets for the island.
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The brand new flight connections are anticipated to extend guests’ arrivals to Seychelles within the fourth quarter.
The director basic for Vacation spot Advertising, Bernadette Willemin, mentioned, “It provides us nice pleasure to witness the surge in flight connections between Seychelles and essential markets. The Seychelles Islands have all the time been recognized for his or her unparalleled pure magnificence and vibrant tradition and with these new connections, we eagerly anticipate welcoming travellers from throughout the globe to expertise our distinctive paradise.”
The figures launched by the Nationwide Bureau of Statistics on September 7, present {that a} complete of 28,177 guests arrived in Seychelles in August 2023, representing a lower of 4 % in comparison with August 2022. Nonetheless, yr to this point figures present that 229,205 guests disembarked in Seychelles in comparison with 216,777 over the identical interval in 2022.
Tourism is the highest contributor to the financial system of Seychelles, an archipelago within the western Indian Ocean.
Seychelles is presently served by 5 extra airways – Air Seychelles, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Air Austral and Kenya Airways.
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