Seychelles sets to resume passenger flights August 1st

President Danny Faure has announced that commercial passenger flights to Seychelles will resume on August 1, 2020.

The decision was announced on Friday June 26, 2020, following a meeting at the State House, chaired by President Danny Faure.

The meeting was attended by officials from the Public Health Authority; Ministry of Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning; Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS); Citizens Engagement Platform Seychelles (Ceps); Seychelles Inter-Faith Council (Sifco); Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association (SHTA) and the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI).

The resumption of commercial passenger flights will be undertaken as per the newly established National Framework for Integrated Management of the Reopening of Seychelles, presented by the public health commissioner, Dr. Jude Gedeon.

The resumption is based on three main pillars: public health protection, community resilience, and safe economic response and recovery.

According to Dr. Gedeon, “Seychelles will only allow entry of visitors from low and medium risks countries and these visitors will also undertake a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test, not more than 72 hours before flying to Seychelles to ensure that they are free of COVID-19.”

It was also announced that the visitors will not be quarantined, and likewise, the same conditions will apply to returning Seychellois nationals as long as they also take the PCR test.

Department of Foreign Affairs has therefore recommended that visitors wishing to visit Seychelles, view the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) website (www.seychellestourismboard.travel).