A snapshot of the week's airline news
Air Seychelles drops Madagascar route
AIR Seychelles has suspended its Antananarivo route
indefinitely, according to Isla Moffet, sales and
marketing manager for GSA. The discontinuation of the
route was announced in January, and came into effect on
Tuesday, April 24. This comes as part of Air Seychelles’
transformation plan, which will focus more on domestic and
regional routes in an attempt to safeguard its long-term
profitability.
Emirates adds second daily Prague flight
EFFECTIVE May 1, Emirates will introduce a new tax code
to collect date change fees. The current tax code OB will
be replaced with code OD. Emirates will also add a second
daily flight between Dubai and Prague from July 1. The
flight will be operated by a 360-seat Boeing 777-300ER,
with eight private suites in first class, 42 lie-flat seats in
business, and 310 seats in economy.
