Air Seychelles to fly to Sri Lanka |12 April 2023
- Launches sale offer from R6,800 in economy class
Air Seychelles will add service from its home base of Mahé (Seychelles) to Colombo (Sri Lanka) with twice weekly flights commencing in June.
The inaugural flight will depart Mahé on June 20, 2023 at 22:05 (10.05pm) arriving into Colombo four hours later. The flights will be served by the airline’s Airbus A320 Neo aircraft in a 12 business class and 156 economy class configuration.
Air Seychelles’ chief commercial officer Charles Johnson explains: “We’re very excited about this opportunity to link Seychelles with Sri Lanka. A destination in its own right with excellent tourist, medical and trading opportunities which all Seychellois will benefit from. In addition, our upcoming partnership with Sri Lankan Airlines will allow travellers to purchase a single ticket for travel beyond Colombo to other destinations in Asia. This service will drastically reduce current travel times and at prices much lower than currently seen in the market.
“The Colombo service will also offer over 20+ connections through a future partnership with Sri Lankan Airlines. Once fully implemented, this will allow for a convenient one-stop connection to numerous destinations in India, Bangladesh, and top tourist spots such as Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Tokyo as well as highly requested Australian cities namely Melbourne and Sydney.”
Sandy Benoiton, acting chief executive of Air Seychelles, remarks: “This new destination will reinforce our regional service and provide enhanced connectivity to the south-east Asia region and beyond. This is a high potential market and we look forward to see what lies ahead.”
To celebrate the launch of the new flights, the national carrier is offering a special web promotion from R6,800 until April 25, 2023, for travel from June 20 to September 30, 2023. Seats are limited and subject to availability.
The Seychelles national carrier has been flying for over 45 years. Wholly owned by the government of Seychelles, the carrier operates regionally from its home in Mahé to Tel Aviv, Johannesburg, Mumbai and Mauritius with state-of-the-art Airbus A320NEO’s.
Domestically the carrier operates up to 30 roundtrips a day to Praslin, the second largest island in the archipelago, along with various charters to other islands on its twin-otter fleet.
In 2022, Air Seychelles managed to retain the most coveted title of ‘Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline’ at the 29th edition of the World Travel Awards as well as, ‘Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline Business Class’, ‘Indian Ocean’s Leading Cabin Crew’, and ‘Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline Lounge’.
Flight schedule for Colombo:
Press release from Air Seychelles