Air Seychelles starts flights to Bangkok

Air Seychelles starts flights to Bangkok

Air Seychelles has started its first non-stop weekly service between the Seychelles capital Mahe and Bangkok to cater to increasing tourism and trade between the two countries. The inaugural seven-hour flight carried 222 passengers and 10 cabin crew on board a new Boeing 767-200ER aircraft called La Belle Creole.

Bangkok has become the eighth port of call for the carrier, which also flies to Mauritius, Johannesburg, Rome, Paris, London, Frankfurt and Singapore.

The 30-year-old airline has one of the youngest fleets in the Indian Ocean with two Boeing 767-300s and one 767-200. It is due to take delivery of two Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner jets in 2010.