32nd World Travel Awards |02 July 2025
Air Seychelles celebrates multiple wins
Air Seychelles, the flagship carrier of the Seychelles, has announced its outstanding achievements at the 32nd World Travel Awards held on Saturday June 28, 2025 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Recognised for excellence across various categories, Air Seychelles has been distinguished as the Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline 2025, Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline - Economy Class 2025 and Indian Ocean’s Leading Cabin Crew 2025.
The World Travel Awards, established in 1993, is widely regarded as the most prestigious accolade in the global travel, tourism, and hospitality industries. Celebrating industry excellence through regional and global ceremonies, the awards are a comprehensive recognition of innovation, service quality, and leadership across all sectors of the travel industry.
The awards ceremony, attended by prominent tourism and hospitality leaders, industry insiders, and media representatives from across Africa and beyond, underscored the region’s commitment to excellence and sustainable travel practices.
Sandy Benoiton, chief executive of Air Seychelles, expressed pride and gratitude for the recognition: “We are truly honoured to receive these prestigious awards, which underscore our dedication to delivering world-class service and pioneering innovation in the airline industry.”
“These achievements reflect the hard work of our talented team and our unwavering commitment to providing our passengers with memorable travel experiences. We are proud to serve as ambassadors of Seychelles’ natural beauty and warm hospitality to the world.”
As the Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline and recipient of accolades for our economy class and cabin crew, Air Seychelles continues to set the standard for service excellence and regional leadership. These awards inspire us to push further in our pursuit of excellence and to serve our passengers with even greater dedication, stated a press release issued by the company.
In 2024, Air Seychelles was recognised as the ‘World’s Leading Airline to the Indian Ocean 2024’ at the prestigious World Travel Awards and also claimed the coveted titles of ‘Indian Ocean's Leading Airline - Economy Class 2024’ and ‘Indian Ocean's Leading Cabin Crew 2024’.
The Seychelles’ national carrier has been flying for over 45 years. Wholly owned by the government of Seychelles, Air Seychelles operates regionally from its home in Mahé to Colombo, Johannesburg, Mauritius and Abu Dhabi with state-of-the-art Airbus A320NEOs. Domestically the airline operates up to 30 roundtrips a day to Praslin along with various charters to other islands on its twin-otter fleet.
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