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Air Seychelles has expanded its codeshare partnership with Alitalia to offer travellers convenient air connections to Madagascar and South Africa. 

Under the agreement, Alitalia will place its AZ flight code on Air Seychelles’ four-times-a-week services to the Malagasy capital of Antananarivo and five flights to Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city.  Subject to government approvals, the Italian flag carrier will also codeshare on Air Seychelles’ upcoming twice-weekly flights to Durban, set to commence on 30 March 2017.

Business and leisure travellers from Italy will be able to connect onto these services via Air Seychelles-operated flights from Abu Dhabi and Paris to Seychelles, using a single combined ticket for the entire journey.

Roy Kinnear, Chief Executive Officer of Air Seychelles, said: “Our partnership with Alitalia continues to open up attractive travel options for holidaymakers in Italy, who can now fly with Air Seychelles to the fascinating island of Madagascar and South Africa.

“Through this codeshare expansion, we have strengthened our route network and added more depth to our regional services, further increasing choice and convenience for travellers.

“We are confident this development will stimulate passenger and cargo traffic and, at the same time, strengthen the strong cultural, trade and diplomatic bonds between Seychelles, our neighbourly island of Madagascar and South Africa.”

Cramer Ball, Chief Executive Officer of Alitalia, said: “Deepening our codeshare cooperation with Air Seychelles brings important benefits to our guests, who now have dozens of new travel options from Italy to Madagascar and South Africa via Seychelles.

“With its one-of-a-kind wildlife and nature, Madagascar is an attractive holiday destination that offers a new and exciting experience for travellers in Italy. In 2015 alone over 21,000 tourists visited Madagascar Italy, a number which we are confident will rise with these new travel options.

“South Africa is a very attractive holiday destination, whose magnificent scenery, safaris and game parks are perfect for an outdoor adventure.”

Air Seychelles operates an Airbus A320 aircraft configured with 136 seats on its Antananarivo service, while its service to Johannesburg is operated using both an A320 aircraft and the wide-body A330, which offer 254 seats.

The new flights are available on sale now, for travel from 18 January, 2016 and can be booked through travel agents, www.airseychelles.com or alitalia.com, by visiting any of the airlines’ sales offices or by contacting the Air Seychelles Call Centre on +248 4391000 or the Alitalia Call Centre on + 39 0665649.

Flight schedule between Seychelles and Antananarivo. Flights are available for travel from 18 January, 2017:

Flight

Origin

Departs

Destination

Arrives

Frequency

HM754

AZ4483

 

Seychelles (SEZ)

 10:05

Antananarivo (TNR)

 11:50

 Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday

 HM755

AZ4484

Antananarivo (TNR)

14:50

Seychelles (SEZ)

18:35

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday

 

Flight schedule between Seychelles and Johannesburg. Flights are available for travel from 18 January, 2017:

Flight

Origin

Departs

Destination

Arrives

Frequency

HM61

AZ4485 

Seychelles (SEZ)

 09:15

Johannesburg (JNB)

 12:25

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

 

HM61

AZ4486

Johannesburg (JNB)

13:45

Seychelles (SEZ)

20:40

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

 

About Air Seychelles

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 Mahe to Colombo, Tel Aviv, Johannesburg, Mumbai and Mauritius with state- of-the-art Airbus A320NEOs. 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.  Air Seychelles offers ground handling services to major commercial and private airlines at its base in Mahe, Seychelles.  

In 2024, Air Seychelles was awarded the coveted titles of ‘Indian Ocean's Leading Airline - Economy Class 2024’ at the 31st edition of the World Travel Awards as well as ‘Indian Ocean's Leading Cabin Crew 2024.’

 

Information contained in this press release is accurate at the time of publication.