China, Seychelles aviation officials meet on air connectivity

This is a bilateral aviation dialogue rather than a commercial outcome, so its significance lies in the direction of travel: African island economies are being courted as nodes in China's wider connectivity push. The practical beneficiaries would be carriers, freight forwarders and tourism operators on both sides, though nothing announced here commits capacity or traffic rights. The open question is whether such talks translate into actual route launches or code-share arrangements, and how Seychelles balances Chinese aviation ties against its existing Gulf and European links.