Coinciding with the annual ITB tourism trade fair in Berlin, Germany, last week, Air Seychelles announced their intention to add a third flight to the UK, yet not to their regular destination Heathrow but to Gatwick, via Rome.
The once weekly connection, commencing on April 19 this year, is aimed to further support the recovery of tourism arrivals to the archipelago and will complement the two weekly flights to London Heathrow. The added flight will leave Mahe on Monday night and return on Tuesday evening, making a stopover in Rome FCO in each direction.
At the same time, it was also revealed that the Cape Town flights will initially run up to July 18 and may be continued subject to reaching satisfactory load factors for passengers.