Air Seychelles intends to begin charter flights from the island of Mahe to Beijing next month.
The island-based carrier plans to use an Airbus A330-200 aircraft on the service, which will be operated once a week.
Flightglobal’s Innovata schedules show there is currently no scheduled air link between the two countries.
The new route is subject to government and regulatory approval.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
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