JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (ADV) – Deputy CEO at Seychelles Airlines Captain Robert Marie has confirmed that Seychelles International Airways will start operating in their country next year.
Seychelles airways will be linked with direct flights to Europe and the Far East.
The east African country had been planning the move for years and now the new airline from the mid-ocean islands of the Seychelles is said to be ready to take to the skies.
According to media reports, the budget of US$20 million will be spent on the cost for the first phase of this new private sector airline, and the Seychellois CEO Remco Althuis of the new Seychelles International Airways has said that he has the right investor behind him.
“I have secured the services of Civil Air Operator Solutions (CAOS), an internationally-based team of management, pilots, engineers, regulatory, and commercial and financial consultants with expertise and a proven track record across the entire aviation industry,” said Marie.
The aircrafts for Seychelles International Airways will be expected for delivered by November this year, to ensure that they are ready to start operation by January next year.
They are expecting to receive their Air Operation Certificate by December this year.
This moves follows shortly after Kenya Airways had introduced an airline that will fly to Seychelles on a daily basis.
The airline is currently flying to the island archipelago five times per week from Kenya’s Capital city- Nairobi.
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