Air Seychelles opens up more of Europe with expanded Etihad Airways codeshare

Air Seychelles Boeing 767-300ER (© Air Seychelles)
Air Seychelles Boeing 767-300ER (© Air Seychelles)

Air Seychelles continues to build its presence in Europe with the expansion of its codeshare agreement with Etihad Airways to include flights to Athens and Belgrade.

This brings to 12 the number of European cities available to Air Seychelles on Etihad Airways’ network including London and Manchester (United Kingdom), Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Munich (Germany), Milan and Rome (Italy), Geneva and Zurich (Switzerland), Brussels (Belgium), Dublin (Ireland), and Paris (France).

Manoj Papa, Air Seychelles Chief Executive Officer, said: “This expansion adds two important cities to our network,making Europe more accessibleto our customers and strengthening our brand presence in this important region.

“It also builds on the hard work of the Seychelles government,which has signednew air services agreements with Greece and Serbia, and deepensour successful partnership with Etihad Airways.

“The expansion willstrengthenfeed ontoour network, and boost trade and tourism in support of our mandate to be an economic enablertothe archipelago.”

Air Seychelles operates nine weekly Abu Dhabi-Seychelles services on a two-class aircraft, which combined with Etihad Airways’ four services a week, provides a near double-daily service between Seychelles and Abu Dhabi.