Seychelles International (SEZ, ICAO FSIA) serves Mahé, Seychelles and is a destination reached by travellers flying from across Africa. Our catalogue links 0 direct destinations out of SEZ and 3 African origins into it, served by 4 carriers.
At a glance
3 catalogued corridors touch Mahé (SEZ / FSIA) in Seychelles: 0 outbound and 3 inbound, flown by 4 carriers. 3 of those corridors carry a cached USD quote in our weekly fare cache; the rest are catalogued on schedule evidence alone. The mix runs 2 sectors under four hours, 1 of four to seven and 0 beyond seven.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| IATA / ICAO | SEZ / FSIA |
| City | Mahé |
| Country | Seychelles |
| Direct destinations (catalogued) | 0 |
| Reached from (African origins) | 3 |
| Coordinates | -4.674, 55.522 |
The route mix at SEZ splits into 2 short sectors under four hours, 1 medium sector of four to seven hours and 0 long-haul sectors beyond seven — a profile that tells you what the terminal is actually built around. 0 of the corridors here are flagged in our data as labour-migration or diaspora routes, where checked-baggage terms drive booking decisions more than schedule does.
Two codes, two uses. SEZ is the IATA code you will see on a ticket, a baggage tag and a departure board, while FSIA is the ICAO code used in flight plans, NOTAMs and air-traffic filing. They are not interchangeable: IATA codes are reused across the world’s smaller fields and are the ones that cause mis-booking, which is why every corridor on this site is keyed on the pair of codes rather than a city name.
Airlines serving SEZ
4 carriers appear on the SEZ corridors covered here; for the 4 we hold details on, checked-baggage baselines are 23 kg, and 1 of them belong to a global alliance (SkyTeam 1). That list is built from the 3 corridors this site catalogues through SEZ, so it is our coverage rather than the airport’s full published schedule.
These carriers operate the SEZ corridors catalogued on this site.
| Airline | Alliance | Checked baggage | Hajj/Umrah charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airlink (4Z) | - | 23 kg | No |
| Air Seychelles (HM) | - | 23 kg | No |
| Kenya Airways (KQ) | SkyTeam | 23 kg | No |
| Air Mauritius (MK) | - | 23 kg | No |
Alliance spread decides how easily a disruption at SEZ gets fixed. With 1 SkyTeam carrier on these corridors, a passenger stuck here can sometimes be reflowed onto a partner without a new ticket — but only within the same alliance, and only when the original ticket permits it. Between alliances, re-accommodation is a commercial favour rather than an entitlement.
Diaspora and migrant-worker baggage uplift recorded against carriers here: Airlink +7 kg, Air Seychelles +10 kg, Kenya Airways +5 kg and Air Mauritius +15 kg. These are carrier promotions attached to nominated corridors and fare families — they do not follow you onto a partner’s codeshare segment, and the cheapest fare buckets are usually excluded. Confirm against your own booking class rather than the table.
Top routes into SEZ
Johannesburg to Mahé (JNB–SEZ) heads the SEZ list below, at about 5 flights a week on 4Z and HM.
The USD market-low column is the cheapest fare our weekly cache recorded on the corridor across all carriers.
| Route | Carriers | Freq/wk | Block (h) | Market low (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg (JNB) → Mahé (SEZ) | 4Z, HM | ~5 | ~5.0 | $636 |
| Nairobi (NBO) → Mahé (SEZ) | KQ, HM | ~4 | ~3.5 | $602 |
| Port Louis (MRU) → Mahé (SEZ) | MK, HM | ~3 | ~3.0 | $441 |
About 100% of the roughly 12 weekly departures catalogued at SEZ sit on just three corridors. That concentration is why the airport’s overall size tells you nothing useful about your own flight: on the trunk routes a cancellation costs hours, while on the tail of the distribution the next departure can be several days out. Read the frequency column, not the terminal.
Block times across these corridors run from about 3.0 h to 5.0 h. That range is the practical reason a single connecting-time rule does not work at SEZ: a short regional inbound and a long-haul outbound have very different delay profiles, and a tight self-built connection between them is where most missed onward flights on this site’s corridors happen. On separate tickets there is no protection at all.
Corridors and typical fares from SEZ
3 of the 3 SEZ corridors carry a cached USD quote, the lowest at $441. Fares are quoted in USD across the whole site so corridors from different African markets stay comparable. Sector length drives the shape: 2 run under four hours, 1 four to seven and 0 beyond seven.
Most SEZ corridors here serve intra-Africa and Gulf-hub business travellers. The mix is 2 short intra-Africa hops (under 4 h), 1 medium Gulf-range sector (4–7 h). As rough planning ranges (editorial estimates, not observed fares): intra-Africa $400–900, Gulf hubs $500–1,200, long-haul $800–2,200; each per-route guide below shows the cached fare with the date it was found.
| Corridor | Cached low (USD) | Cheapest month seen |
|---|---|---|
| MRU-SEZ | $441 | $263 in Oct 2026 |
| NBO-SEZ | $602 | $222 in Aug 2026 |
| JNB-SEZ | $636 | $256 in Aug 2026 |
The shape of the fare curve follows the sector length. The 2 short corridors under four hours from SEZ price like regional traffic and move mostly with the day of the week; the 0 long-haul corridors beyond seven hours move with season and school holidays, and can double between the cheapest and dearest month in our own cache. Mixing the two on one average would be meaningless, which is why every corridor page carries its own floor.
Direct flights to SEZ — 3 routes
3 catalogued routes are listed below for SEZ, reaching 3 countries, led by South Africa, Kenya and Mauritius. Our catalogue records 0 departure and 3 arrival corridors at SEZ, each linking to a corridor guide with carriers, frequency, block time and any cached fare.
These are guides, not booking screens. Behind each link sit the operating carriers, an estimated weekly frequency, the scheduled nonstop block time, the great-circle distance that would determine an EU261 or UK261 band where either regulation reaches the corridor, and any cached fare evidence we hold. Price is the last of those to matter, not the first.
Treat the list as a catalogue rather than a timetable. Routes are included where African outbound demand justifies a guide, so charter and marginal regional services at Mahé may be flying without being listed. Where a corridor is here, the carriers shown are the ones we have on record, and a dash in the fare column means no fare was retrieved, not that none exists.
FAQ
5 questions below answer what travellers ask most often about this page’s subject, drawn from the same route, carrier, airport and fare data as everything above. Where a figure is missing from our data, the answer says so rather than estimating.
How is SEZ airport connected? SEZ (Mahé) is reachable on 3 direct routes in our catalogue — see the full route list above.
What are the IATA and ICAO codes for SEZ airport? The IATA code is SEZ and the ICAO code is FSIA. The airport serves Mahé, Seychelles.
How can I check fares and schedules for routes through SEZ? Each route in the list above links to a guide with live USD fares, weekly frequency and the airlines that operate it.
Which airlines fly from SEZ? Carriers on SEZ corridors catalogued here: Airlink, Air Seychelles, Kenya Airways, Air Mauritius. See the airlines table above for alliance and baggage.
What is the cheapest flight from SEZ? The lowest cached fare out of SEZ in our weekly snapshot was about $441 on Port Louis–Mahé (MRU-SEZ) — a dated observation, not a current price. Open the route guide for the fare with its observation date.
Related
- Flights to Seychelles — country landing page: 3 catalogued corridors from African airports, carriers, visa row and the USD fare floor we have on file.
Corridor pages carry the per-route detail — carriers, weekly frequency, scheduled block time, great-circle distance and whatever the fare cache holds. Airport pages carry the full catalogued route list at that field, the based hub carriers and the compensation regime of the country it sits in. Carrier pages carry the baggage baseline, alliance and the network as this catalogue records it.