Seychelles likely to establish airline connectivity with Angola through a bilateral air services agreement scheduled for signing in September said a top official.
The Minister for Transport of Seychelles, Anthony Derjacques, told a press conference on Tuesday that Angola has always been very attractive to Seychelles and its national carrier, Air Seychelles, and such an agreement will open the countries for commerce, exchanges and visitors.
The Principal Secretary of Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine, Alan Renaud, said that Air Seychelles’ interest in flying to Angola goes back to 2014, and having an air agreement with this southern African country would add a new dimension to the national airline.
Seychelles and Angola expect to sign the agreement in September, two months earlier than planned.
Discussions between Minister Derjacques and the Angolan ambassador Sandro Renato Agostinho de Oliveira also focused on how Angola can help Seychelles in the land transport, and ports, and maritime safety sectors.
The two countries signed their first bilateral agreements – a General Cooperation Agreement and an Agreement on the Creation of a Bilateral Commission – on Tuesday.
