Air Seychelles will add Chennai as a stopover on its Mahe-Singapore route effective November 1, 2010. Responding to the increased number of arrivals from the Indian subcontinent and demand from the local Indian community, Air Seychelles, has decided to launch this service, which will provide a direct air-link to India.

Air Seychelles recently secured landing rights with the Chennai authorities so as to be able to operate the weekly service. The airline will operate this service on its Mahé-Singapore route. The flight will depart Mahé on Monday and stopover in Chennai, before going on to Singapore. It will leave Singapore on Wednesday and return to Mahé, again via Chennai. The airline has chosen Chennai-based General Sales Agent (GSA), Global Aviation Services, to handle its sales in the Indian destination, which sees quite a lot of traffic to and from Seychelles.