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In a news item about an attempt to hijack an Air Seychelles plane, a shot of the Air Seychelles flag was seen. The flag looked like this image, obtained from the Air Seychelles website.
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Emirates has launched thrice-weekly nonstop services to the Seychelles. The new route to Mahé, is by an Airbus A330-200 offering 54 seats in business class and 183 in economy. The Seychelles &endash; the first new destination to join the Emirates network in 2005 &endash; is the airline's 78th route. It ... signals the carrier's arrival in the fifth of the Indian Ocean islands it serves, the others being Java (Indonesia), Maldives, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. Emirates says that the new service provides travelers from its five UK destinations with a convenient one-stop connection in less than three hours at its Dubai hub. http://www.emirates.com/uk Jan 14, 2005
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Air Seychelles ... operates once daily or several times per week between Mahe and the islands of Bird, Denis, Fregate, Desroches and Alphonse. Assumption Island and Coetivy can be reached by air charter.
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Emirates began three weekly nonstop A330-200 flights from Dubai to Seychelles International Airport. The Airbus A330-200 aircraft which Emirates will use on this new route offers 54 seats in Business class and 183 in Economy, along with up to 15 tons of cargo. Operating every Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday, Emirates' new service will boost connections between the picturesque islands of the Indian Ocean and Dubai, one of the world's fastest-growing commercial hubs. Jan 4, 2005
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The granitic islands of the Seychelles archipelago cluster around the main island of Mahé, home to the international airport and the capital, Victoria, and its satellites Praslin and La Digue. Together, these Inner Islands form the cultural and economic hub of the nation and contain the majority of Seychelles´ tourism facilities as well as its most stunning beaches
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Some 115 tropical islands form the Republic of Seychelles in the Indian Oceanindependent from Britain since 1976. An international airport opened in 1971 on the largest island, Mahé, increasing tourism, the economic mainstay. An estimated 88 percent of the population live on Mahé. After 15 years of one-party rule, the first elections in the country's history were held in 1993.
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