— March
2006 - Contrary to some recent media reports, Seychelles remains relatively undisturbed by the Chikungunya virus that has been affecting islands in the Indian Ocean. Life in the archipelago continues as normal for residents and visitors alike.
— Nov
2005 - A new SHORT 360
arriving soon!
The
latest acquisition of a
second 36-seater Shorts SD 360
aircraft to Air Seychelles'
inter-island fleet is a
major investment in providing
more capacity to Praslin.
— Diving
in the Seychelles? Air
Seychelles sponsors
Underwater Festival Subios
2005 (19-22 May
2005).
— Air Seychelles assists in flights for relief aid in Maldives and Indonesia...
— Bishops
and President to lead
Thanksgiving prayers
for Seychelles being
spared the strongest
tsunamis... To read
the full story click
here.
— April
2004: Air Seychelles launches electronic
ticketing for passengers travelling to and from Praslin.
— Air
Seychelles will suspend its
weekly Comores and Mayotte flights as from April 6 th 2004.
—
December
5th 2003 —
AIR SEYCHELLES LAUNCHES SECOND NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM LONDON.
Air
Seychelles, has announced the introduction of its second weekly
non-stop service to Seychelles from London, effective April
2004.
Following the success of Air Seychelles' non-stop London - Mahé
flight, introduced in December 2001, the decision to change
their current via Zurich flight to an additional non-stop service
was taken as a response to increased demand from tour operators
and holidaymakers alike.
Learn
more...
— SEYCHELLES
PLUS Frequent Flyer Programme: Visitors to the Air
Seychelles websites can now join
on line and view
their statements on line.
— The
international situation and your holiday in the Seychelles.
• SARS: air Seychelles re-opens Singapore route. Click
here.
— Air
Seychelles will move its two weekly flights out of London-Gatwick
to London-Heathrow as from
March 30, 2003.
Press release >>>
— Build
your own itinerary around the Indian Ocean Islands with the
new Indian Ocean Pass
The Indian
Ocean Pass - a new venture from Air Seychelles,
Air Austral and Air Mauritius - allows a traveller
to build his own itinerary around the Indian Ocean Islands
on any of the participating airlines network. The network
of the pass encompasses Comores, Madagascar, Maldives, Mayotte,
Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues and Seychelles.
Full
story >>>
— Air
Seychelles increases capacity to Praslin.
The
latest acquisition of a 36-seater Shorts SD 360 aircraft to
Air Seychelles' inter-island fleet is a major investment
in providing more capacity to Praslin.
Full story >>>
— Air
Seychelles moves to a new head office in Victoria: the Creole
Spirit building.
Learn more about it >>>>
— Passenger
with a knife quickly disarmed on Air Seychelles flight
A
man who brandished a knife on an Air Seychelles flight (Flight
number HM 017) from Mumbai to the Maldives early this morning
(Sept 9) was quickly disarmed by the cabin crew and handed
over to the Maldives police on arrival.
Full
story >>>
— AIR
SEYCHELLES launches Mumbai (India) service
Victoria — Air
Seychelles started its weekly service to Mumbai on January
20.
The Mumbai service is operated by the new Boeing 737-700 aircraft,
via the Maldives, on Sunday evenings.
The flight departs Mahe at 5.45 p.m. with a one-hour transit stop on
Male, Maldives and carries onto Mumbai.
The return sector flight on the Mumbai-Maldives route departs at 2.50
a.m. early Monday morning and arrives Mahe at 7.35 a.m.
Air links between India and Seychelles were once served by Air India
between 1976 and 1988 and Air Seychelles also operated a weekly service
on its then Boeing 757 from 1993 to 1996 when the aircraft was returned.
— New
Boeing 737 operates on Indian Ocean routes
Victoria,
December 3rd 2001 — Air
Seychelles' new Boeing 737-700 aircraft, named Amirantes,
landed at Seychelles International Airport at around 9
a.m. on Saturday morning Nov. 24th.
The 126-seater aircraft, which began operating on the national airline's
regional network as from December 1st, has been fitted in with interior
design features reflecting the Creole atmosphere.
The arrival of the new Boeing 737-700 aircraft allows the national
carrier to provide passengers with more frequent flights on its regional
route network which operates to Johannesburg, Dubai, Mauritius and
the new services to Mumbai, Maldives, Mayotte and the Comores.
Read
the full story.
