Etihad acquire 40 percent stake in Air Seychelles

[Twinotterguy]

Air Seychelles launches 2-year business plan

Air Seychelles launches 2-year business plan - Emirates 24/7

So its 2 A330s for Air Seychelles and finally Etihad will reach into Mauritius themselves by using Air Seychelles. An Etihad A320 will do Abu Dhabi-Mahe-Mauritius in mid of this year, and more routes will be added soon. Sadly more people are going to lose their jobs said to be around 250+ in the coming 6 weeks and many will be transferred to Etihad main base.

[OMDB30R]

So why don't EY just operate B777/A330 into Mauritius direct, like EK does

[camel_hump]

Cause Mauritius doesn't wanna give them the slots in and most probably Air Seychelles got loads of slots into Mauritius from their base Seychelles.