Air Seychelles Boeing 767-300. Image courtesy Wikipedia.

Air Seycelles to launch flights to Mumbai

September 19, 2014 2 Comments 591 Views

National carrier Air Seychelles, which is 40% owned by Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways PJSC, will commence thrice a week direct flights between Mumbai and Mahé commencing December 2 2014, subject to regulatory approvals.

The roughly four hour long flight is expected to be operated by a two-class Airbus A320 aircraft, with 16 business and 120 economy class seats. The airline is expecting delivery of the A320s in late November early December.

Mumbai will be the fifth regional destination for the carrier, after with Antananarivo in Madagascar, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Johannesburg in South Africa and Mauritius.

Air Seychelles regional destinations
Air Seychelles regional destinations. Map generated by GCMap.com.

Flights will depart Mahé at 20:45 on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, arriving Mumbai at 02:55 the next morning. On the return flights will depart Mumbai 04:00 on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, arriving Mahé, at 07:00am. Both flights are designed to offer connections to and from Antananarivo, Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg, and Mauritius.

Air Seychelles will use the marketing reach of Etihad Airways in India and we expect it will leverage the gulf carrier’s partnership with Jet Airways to extend its reach within India.

About Devesh Agarwal

A electronics and automotive product management, marketing and branding expert, he was awarded a silver medal at the Lockheed Martin innovation competition 2010. He is ranked 6th on Mashable's list of aviation pros on Twitter and in addition to Bangalore Aviation, he has contributed to leading publications like Aviation Week, Conde Nast Traveller India, The Economic Times, and The Mint (a Wall Street Journal content partner). He remains a frequent flier and shares the good, the bad, and the ugly about the Indian aviation industry without fear or favour.

2 comments

  1. Moiz
    September 20, 2014 at 15:42

    Jet Airways launching Bangalore-Brussels flight on 4th Dec 2014..Is it confirmed?

    • Abhishek
      September 21, 2014 at 21:20

      There is no confirmation on this news yet. From what it looks like, this may not be resumed given the fact that Jet now has a completely new international hub at Abu Dhabi and would prefer to give connecting flights through Etihad Airways.

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