Emirates to Increase Flights to Seychelles

Emirates is to increase services between Dubai and the Seychelles to seven flights per week. The additional flight, starting 4 November 2010, will operate on Thursdays and increase existing capacity by 16% per week per direction.

Flight EK 705 will depart Dubai at 02:30 and will arrive in Seychelles at 07:00. On the return journey, flight EK 706 will depart Seychelles at 08:30, arriving in Dubai at 13:00.

The service will be operated by an Airbus A340-500 aircraft, offering 12 seats in First class, 42 seats in Business Class and 258 seats in Economy.

In 2009, 157,541 tourists visited the Seychelles, the leading markets being France, Italy, Germany, UK, South Africa and Russia.

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Etihad Airways to Increase Jeddah Flights for Hajj Pilgrims

Etihad Airways will increase its services from Abu Dhabi to Saudi Arabia in November, providing additional flights to Jeddah for Muslims making the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

In addition to its regular daily Jeddah service, Etihad will offer 11 extra flights to the city between 2 and 20 November 2010, offering a capacity increase of 1600 seats during the period.

The additional services will be operated by Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft.

 ?The Hajj pilgrimage is a very important experience for Muslims around the world and Etihad is proud to help our customers make this significant journey. The demand for the Hajj flights has always been very strong and we are expecting the services this year to be equally popular,? said Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways? Chief Commercial Officer. ?In addition to carrying pilgrims from the UAE, we anticipate many Muslims will fly from around the world to Jeddah, via our home-base in Abu Dhabi.?

More than two million pilgrims make the journey every year to Saudi Arabia, which is the custodian of the two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah.

Makkah is located 73 kilometres inland from Jeddah, with Muslims regarding the al-Masjid al-Haram (The Sacred Mosque) as the Holiest place on earth.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, launched daily services to Jeddah in May 2006. The airline also offers a non-stop, eight-flights-per-week service to the Saudi capital Riyadh, and 13 flights-per-week to Dammam.

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