Dubai; Emirates announced on Tuesday that it is increasing services to the Seychelles later this year.

The airline will go double daily from October 28, reported state news agency WAM.

It is introducing two additional weekly flights on the route to take the 12 existing schedule flights to 14 a week.

Last week, Emirates signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Seychelles Tourism Board to jointly promote the Seychelles through the Emirates network.