Air Seychelles to resume flights to India effective December 2 |25 November 2021

Air Seychelles confirmed yesterday that the national airline will resume scheduled passenger flights between India and Seychelles effective December 2, 2021.

The return of the Seychelles colours to one of India’s biggest cities and commercial financial centres, Mumbai, follows the removal of travel restrictions between the two countries as announced by the local Ministry of Health on November 12, 2021.

From December 2, Air Seychelles will operate weekly flights from Mumbai to Seychelles, increasing to two flights per week from January 2022 with convenient onward connections to Johannesburg.

To view the flight schedule and to book, travelers are invited to visit airseychelles.com or contact their local travel agents.

Air Seychelles’ chief commercial officer, Charles Johnson said: “After a 20-month hiatus, we are thrilled to be offering normal commercial flights once again between India and Seychelles.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, we were able to offer some charter flights between the two countries but on an extremely limited basis. Now, with the return of normal commercial flights, we are able to once again offer choice and convenience to our guests. With the return of flights to India, Air Seychelles is now flying to all of its pre-pandemic destinations on a regular basis.”

Travelers to Seychelles regardless of vaccination status must hold a negative Covid-19 PCR test result done 72 hours prior to departure, complete health travel authorisation at seychelles.govtas.com including a valid travel insurance covering Covid-19.

For those passengers bound for Mumbai, besides the negative PCR test result, the completed approval received from the mandatory health declaration form completed 72 hours prior to departure via the Air Suvidha portal will also be verified upon check-in. As each city may have specific entry requirements, travelers with onward domestic connections are requested to verify and adhere to the guidelines of their final destination.

Air Seychelles ceased its commercial services to Mumbai on March 25, 2020 due to the pandemic.

Since then, the airline has utilised its fleet of A320neo aircraft of 168 seats to operate a series of charter, repatriation and cargo flights on this route.

Press release from Air Seychelles