Qatar Airways prepares for arrival of first flight on Monday |09 December 2016

Qatar Airways will be resuming flights to Seychelles effective December 12 and earlier this week the airline’s newly appointed commercial manager Eliel Zeitouni paid a courtesy call on Alain St Ange, the island's minister responsible for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine.

Also present at the meeting at the ESPACE Offices of the ministry in Victoria were Garry Albert, the principal secretary (PS) for Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine; Anne Lafortune, the PS for Tourism and Sherin Francis, the chief executive of the Seychelles Tourism Board.   

Mr Zeitouni briefed Minister St Ange on the support he was receiving and confirmed that the first flight of Qatar Airways was scheduled for 8.50am on December 12.

The seven weekly flights with an Airbus 320 will have 144 seats with 12 Business seats on this Seychelles service.

The plane will remain on the ground at Seychelles International Airport once landed and it will depart to Qatar at 7.20pm daily.

Minister St Ange used the meeting to welcome Mr Zeitouni to Seychelles and to reassure him that his ministry will remain good facilitators for them and for all airlines flying to Seychelles.

“We shall be with you at the airport to welcome your first service and assure you that we shall work with you for the success of Seychelles tourism and also of Qatar Airways,” said Minister St Ange.

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