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] 2005 News
In the wake of the December 2004 tsunami, Air Seychelles reduced schedules to the Maldives. The Mahé to Malé service was cut from two to one weekly flight and the connecting Mahé to Johannesburg service from four to three weekly flights (ref: Airliner World, March 2005).
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 (ref: Airliner World, April 2005).
[edit] 2006 News
Air Seychelles intends to replace the two Boeing 767s with two Boeing 787s leased from International Lease Finance Corporation in 2010.
[edit] Destinations
[edit] Africa
[edit] Asia
[edit] Europe
[edit] Fleet
The Air Seychelles fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006):
- 2 Boeing 767-300ER
- 2 Shorts 360-300
- 3 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter-300
- On order: 2 Boeing 787-8 [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
