Air Seychelles drops Chennai – more financial losses on the books
Air Seychelles is losing money on the Chennai/ Singapore route, the airline stated as it announced the cancellation of its scheduled weekly flight to Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu in South India.
David Savy and Ambassador DickEsparon at the
elaborate ceremony to launch the HM flight to Chennai
The announcement comes only a few weeks after a Seychelles tourism trade delegation visited India and declared that there was great potential in tourism between the two countries. This type of marketing effort costs a lot of money and all of it goes down the drain when Air Seychelles pulls out.
This is the second attempt by our national carrier to establish an air link between Seychelles and India. The first one, linking Mahé to Mumbai, was aborted after only a few months.
Source: Regar 4-8-11