AIR SEYCHELLES LAUNCHES FLIGHTS TO DAR ES SALAAM
(Posted 03rd December 2014)
Dar es Salaam, Antananarivo and Mumbai – three action packed days are now underway as the Seychelles national airline is launching three new destinations on three subsequent days after taking delivery of their latest bird, an Airbus A320 named ‘Amirantes’ two days ago.
(‘Amirantes’ has arrived in Dar es Salaam)
The aircraft and delegation from the Seychelles was received at Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport by the Deputy Ministers for Transport and Tourism, Hons. Charles Tiseba and Mahmood Mgimwa in the presence of the Seychelles’ Consul to Tanzania Ms. Maryvonne Pool, senior staff of JNIA, the Tanzania Airport Authority, the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority, the Tanzania Tourism Board, members of Parliament, members of the diplomatic corps invited guests and the local and regional media.
(Seychelles’ Consul to Tanzania Maryvonne Pool with some of the local dignitaries)
The arriving passengers were greeting by a group of traditional dancers and drummers who performed on the apron before moving to the party tents where the official exchange of gifts and the cake cutting ceremony were performed.
The airline’s CEO Manoj Papa’s message was ably delivered by the General Manager Corporate Affairs Mr. Alan Renaud, who was the ranking official on board of the maiden flight, accompanied by some 30 Air Seychelles staff members who were selected and invited to be part of the inaugural flight celebrations besides ‘ordinary’ passengers who had booked the first nonstop flight from Mahe to Dar without having to go through intermediate waypoints.
‘Dar es Salaam is a great addition to our network and represents a new growth phase for our airline. With a population of over 4 million people, the second largest port in East Africa and great connections to popular game parks and tourism attractions, Dar es Salaam is well positioned to stimulate tourism and commercial activity at both ends. Our twice weekly service, which has an annual capacity of over 28.000 seats, will enable us to deliver on our mandate to support the national economy and in particular tourism’.
According to Air Seychelles officials is the airline targeting not only point to point traffic but is in particular aiming to attract passengers flying beyond Mahe to for instance Mumbai to where both ways very short transit periods make for the fastest connection to India from Tanzania and vice versa.
Also at the function was the Seychelles’ Tourism Board’s Director of Marketing Rose-Marie Hoareau. Tanzania and the Seychelles have a Memorandum of Understanding in place whereby the two destinations offer special packages to combine a big game safari with the beaches of the Seychelles, now made much easier with this nonstop flight connection. For more information about flight schedules, destinations and more click on www.airseychelles.com
