Emirates To Commence Services To Seychelles From Jan '05

Emirates recently announced that it will commence services to Seychelles from January 2, 2005. The airline will initially launch three non-stop flights a week, the outbound flight EK705 will depart every Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2:10 am and arrive in the Seychelles the same morning at 6:45 am. Return flight EK 706 will operate on the same days, taking off from the Seychelles at 8:00 am and arriving in Dubai at 12:30 pm. A330-200 aircraft with capacity of 54 Business class and 183 Economy class passengers as well as 15 tonnes of cargo will be used on this new route. Emirates Holidays will also strongly market the Seychelles through its affordable and high-value 'World of Choice' holiday packages for all types of travellers.