Air Seychelles (HM) and Qatar Airways (QR) have signed a codeshare agreement for the two carriers to enhance operations with one ticket to and from the Seychelles. Qatar Airways, which maintains its daily flight to Victoria Seychelles International Airport (SEZ), will then place its flight number on the regional carrier’s sole domestic scheduled flight to Praslin, home of a UNESCO World Heritage Sight, Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve.
Captain Sandy Benoiton, Air Seychelles Acting Chief Executive Officer, noted the below as part of the QR press release
A ticket to paradise
Qatar Airways, which currently competes with the two other Middle-Eastern carriers, Emirates and Etihad, for travelers to the Seychelles, hopes to capitalize on the partnership with Air Seychelles, enhancing the customer experience by offering onward travel within the Seychelles on one ticket.
Qatar Airways maintains a solo daily flight to the Seychelles archipelago, with a morning departure and late evening return flight operated by the carriers Boeing 777-200LR.
QR678, departing Doha at 02:45, arriving at Victoria, Seychelles by 08:30
QR679, taking off from Victoria at 20:15, touching down at 23:55 in Doha
As noted in the QR press statement, the airline’s Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, noted
Indian Ocean’s leading airline
At the World Travel Awards, recently hosted in Kenya, Air Seychelles was crowned the ‘Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline,’ which maintains a moderate operation from its base at Seychelles International Airport (Aéroport de la Pointe Larue). The carrier currently operates to and from
