Air Seychelles announces code-sharing partnership with SriLankan Airlines
This new codeshare agreement will allow Air Seychelles and SriLankan Airlines to聽place their codes on each other's flights. (Air Seychelles)
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Seychelles' national airline, Air Seychelles,聽and SriLankan Airlines,聽the flag carrier of Sri Lanka, have announced a new code-sharing partnership,聽expanding the number of destinations accessible to customers from Mahe and Colombo聽starting this month.
The airline said on Friday, "Over 20 destinations are included in the partnership, which includes much聽 requested ones such as Sydney and Melbourne in Australia as well as other聽popular stops in India, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. SriLankan Airlines'聽passengers will also be able to fly from Colombo to Mahe聽with the activation of聽the codeshare partnership."
This new codeshare agreement will allow Air Seychelles and SriLankan Airlines to聽place their codes on each other's flights and enable passengers to continue their聽journey conveniently using a single booking and with their baggage checked in all聽the way to the final destination.
It also means passengers can book their travels聽with both airlines, through online travel agencies, as well as with local travel聽agents.
When Air Seychelles launched the Colombo service in June last year, the two聽airlines signed an initial interline agreement that introduced multiple cities within聽the Southeast Asia region to the local market's choice of destinations.
Air Seychelles' chief executive, Sandy Benoiton, said, "Now that we have聽been flying to Colombo for over 9 months, the twice-weekly flights have proven聽successful. The next step to solidifying our relationship is with this code-share,聽allowing even more passengers the convenience of a single ticket to more points聽served by our partner in Asia and Australia."
On his side, Richard Nuttall, CEO of SriLankan Airlines said, "We are聽pleased to boost our codeshare network and presence in the African region聽through this new partnership. We look forward to working with Air Seychelles to聽provide our customers with even more African destination options in the coming聽years."
Flights under the codeshare agreement are available to book now and will begin聽operating in April 2024.
