WHEN an Air Seychelles plane touched down at King Shaka International Airport this afternoon, it marked yet another journey in the region’s plans to attract direct air connectivity.
The arrival of Air Seychelles-which will operate a twice-weekly flight between Durban and the Seychelles-becomes the 10th airline to fly between the award-winning King Shaka International Airport and 11 regional and international routes. (Air Namibia flies from Durban to Namibia and also to Botswana).
Air Seychelles has been flying non-stop to Johannesburg for more than 20 years-2 000 South Africans visited the destination last year-and now, with the additional direct flights from Durban, it will be offering seven flights and 544 return seats a week.
Five other airlines are also code sharing with the airline on both the Durban and Johannesburg routes: Airberlin, Alitalia, Jet Airways, Etihad Aiways, Air Serbia and SAA.
The twice-weekly Durban-Seychelles flights are on Thursdays and Saturdays.