Mr. Akbar Al-Baker, the Group Chief Executive of Qatar Airways has used the ITB Tourism Trade Fair 2016 in Berlin to announce that Qatar Airways was starting flights to Seychelles from the 12th December 2016.

“The announcement by Qatar Airways comes at a perfect time for Seychelles. We are now working to consolidate our tourism industry after a number of successful years with back-to-back increasers in visitor arrival numbers. As we now move to increase the yield from tourism we know that we need to ensure that the strategy of supply and demand comes into play thus the importance of air access. Qatar Airways has its network and they have their own niche clients who transit Doha and Seychelles being only four odd hours from Doha makes us an ideal twin centre destination" said Minister St.Ange after his meeting with Mr Akbar Al-Baker, the Group Chief Executive of Qatar Airways.