Air Seychelles
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| Air Seychelles | ||
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| IATA HM |
ICAO SEY |
Callsign SEYCHELLES |
| Founded | 1977 | |
| Hubs | Seychelles International Airport | |
| Frequent flyer program | Seychelles Plus | |
| Fleet size | 6 | |
| Destinations | 9 | |
| Headquarters |  Mahé, Seychelles |
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| Key people | David Savy (Chairman & Chief Executive), James Michel (President) | |
| Website: http://www.airseychelles.com/ | ||
Air Seychelles is the national airline of Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean just to the east of Tanzania. It operates inter-island services and international flights.
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[edit] History
The airline was established on 15 September 1977 as Seychelles Airlines and adopted the present title in March 1979. It started international routes in 1983 to Frankfurt and London. It is wholly owned by the Seychelles government and employs 669 staff.
[edit] Destinations
[edit] Africa
- Johannesburg (Johannesburg International Airport)
- Port Louis (Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport)
[edit] Seychelles
[edit] Asia
[edit] Europe
- Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport)
- London (London Heathrow Airport)
- Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)
- Rome (Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport)
[edit] Suspended destinations
[edit] Fleet
The Air Seychelles fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006)[1]:
- 2 Boeing 767-300ER
- 2 Shorts 360-300
- 3 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter-300
- On order: 2 Boeing 787-8
Air Seychelles will return its leased Boeing 737-700 to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) in April 2005 following rationalization of the route network. The fleet will reduce to 2 Boeing 767s, 1 Short 360 and 2 Twin Otters[2].
Air Seychelles intends to replace the two Boeing 767s with two Boeing 787-8s leased from International Lease Finance Corporation in 2010.[citation needed]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
- ^ Airliner World, April 2005
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