Air Seychelles to Launch Direct Flights to Abu Dhabi From March 12

Air Seychelles has announced to launch direct flights from Seychelles' largest island of Mahe to Abu Dhabi. This follows last week's announcement that UAE's Etihad Airways will form a strategic partnership by taking a 40 percent stake in Air Seychelles.

The two weekly return flights will be inaugurated on March 12, 2012. These flights will operate on a Boeing 767-300ER series aircraft, in a two-class configuration, offering 844 seats each week. The new flights are on sale from Friday.

Cramer Ball, CEO of Air Seychelles, said: "The Seychelles have already proven to be a hugely popular holiday destination amongst Etihad Airways guests. With these additional two Air Seychelles weekly flights, we look forward to successfully serving the route.