Aeroflot will start once-weekly flights between Moscow and Mahé, Seychelles, on April 2.

A Boeing 777-300ER will be used on the route.

Flight SU0244 will depart Moscow on Fridays at 00h20 and arrive in Seychelles at 09h55. Return flight SU0245 will depart at 23h05 and arrive in Moscow at 06h55 the next day.

Ticket sales have opened on the airline’s website.

Aeroflot is the only airline flying directly from Russia to Seychelles.

Russian citizens can enter Seychelles visa-free, without any restrictions, however travellers must have a negative COVID-19 test taken no earlier than 72 hours before departure from their first route point, with the test certificate in Arabic, English and French.