Bangkok Flights

Air Seychelles has started its first non-stop weekly service between the Seychelles capital Mahe and Bangkok to cater to increasing tourism and trade between the two countries. The inaugural seven-hour flight carried 222 passengers and 10 cabin crew on board a new Boeing 767-200ER aircraft called La Belle Creole.

Bangkok has become the eighth destination for the carrier, which also flies to Mauritius, Johannesburg, Rome, Paris, London, Frankfurt and Singapore.

The 30-year-old airline has one of the youngest fleets in the Indian Ocean with two Boeing 767-300s and one 767-200. It is due to take delivery of two Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner jets in 2010.