Air Seychelles

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Air Seychelles
IATA
HM		 ICAO
SEY		 Callsign
SEYCHELLES
Founded 1977
Hubs Seychelles International Airport
Frequent flyer program Seychelles Plus
Fleet size 8
Destinations 9
Headquarters Mahé, Seychelles
Key people David Savy (Chairman & Chief Executive), James Michel (President)
Website: http://www.airseychelles.com/

Air Seychelles is the national airline of Seychelles, based in Mahé. It operates inter-island services and international flights. Its main base is Seychelles International Airport, Mahé[1].

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[edit] History

The airline was established on 15 September 1977, as Seychelles Airlines and adopted the present title in September 1978. It started international routes in 1983 to Frankfurt and London. It is wholly owned by the Seychelles government and employs 663 staff[1]. It currently runs a fleet of Boeing 767s (300ER/200ER) on its international network and offers two classes of service Pearl class (J/Business class) and Economy (Y/class). Based at the Seychelles International Airport (SEZ), it also operates a small hub at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport (PAR-CDG) as agreed with Air France to serve many off-line European destinations (those it does not operates to, such as former routes like Zürich, Manchester and Madrid). It is also the major ground handling agent for all aircraft operating at SEZ.

[edit] Destinations

Air Seychelles Shorts 360
Air Seychelles Shorts 360
Air Seychelles on Bird Island Airport
Air Seychelles on Bird Island Airport

[edit] Africa

[edit] Seychelles

[edit] Asia

[edit] Europe

[edit] Fleet

The Air Seychelles fleet includes the following aircraft (as of November 2007)[1] :

On order: 2 Boeing 787-8 On order: 2 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter-400

Air Seychelles returned its leased Boeing 737-700 to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) in April 2005 following rationalization of the route network. The fleet now consists of 3 Boeing 767s, 2 Short 360 and 3 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]

Air Seychelles had previously operated the following aircraft:

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Flight International 27 March 2007
  2. ^ Airliner World, April 2005
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