Air Seychelles

IATA HM ICAO SEY Callsign SEYCHELLES
Founded	1977
Hubs	Seychelles International Airport (SEZ), Focus city: Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)
Frequent flyer program	Seychelles Plus
Member lounge	Salon de Vallee de Mai (SEZ)
Fleet size	8 (+4 orders)
Destinations	12
Headquarters	Mahé, Seychelles
Key people	David Savy (Chairman and Chief Executive), James Michel (President), France Albert Rene (Founder)
Website	http://www.airseychelles.com/

Air Seychelles is the national airline of the Seychelles, based in Mahé.^[1] It operates inter-island services and international flights. Its main base is Seychelles International Airport, Mahé^[2].

[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^[2]. It operates a fleet of Boeing 767s on its international network and offers two classes of service, Pearl class (Business class) and Economy class. Based at the Seychelles International Airport (SEZ), it also operates a small base at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG) as agreed with Air France to serve many off-line European destinations (such as former routes like Manchester and Madrid). It is also the major ground handling agent for all aircraft operating at SEZ.

[edit] Destinations

Boeing 767-300ER takes off

Shorts 360

Bird Island Airport

[edit] Africa

• Johannesburg - OR Tambo Airport
• Mahé - Seychelles International Airport
• Mauritius - Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Airport
• Praslin - Praslin Island Airport

[edit] Asia

• Singapore - Changi Airport
• Malé - Malé International Airport

[edit] Europe

• Frankfurt - Frankfurt Airport
• London - Heathrow Airport
• Milan - Malpensa Airport
• Moscow - Vnukovo International Airport
• Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport
• Rome - Leonardo da Vinci Airport
• Zürich - Zürich Airport

[edit] Former destinations

The following cities are all former destinations by the airline, since the late 1980s:

• Amsterdam [discontinued 1992]
• Bangkok [discontinued 2008]
• Bahrain [discontinued 1993]
• Dubai [discontinued 2005]
• Geneva [discontinued 1990]
• London-Gatwick [services transferred to Heathrow Airport in 2003]
• Madrid [discontinued 1997]
• Manchester [discontinued 1997]
• Mumbai [discontinued 2004]
• Munich [discontinued 2004]
• Nairobi [discontinued 1998]
• Paris-Orly [services transferred to Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1989]
• Tel Aviv [discontinued 1997]

[edit] Fleet

The Air Seychelles fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 4 August 2009)^[3]:

• 2 Boeing 767-200ER
• 3 Boeing 767-300ER
• 2 Shorts 360-300
• 3 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter-300

As of 28 January 2009, the average age of the Air Seychelles Boeing fleet is 16.4 years^[4].

[edit] On order

• 2 Boeing 787-8
• 2 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter-400^[5]

Air Seychelles returned its leased Boeing 737-700 to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) in April 2005 following rationalization of the route network. It intends to replace two Boeing 767s with two Boeing 787-8s leased from International Lease Finance Corporation in 2010.^[6]

Air Seychelles has previously operated the following aircraft:

• 1 Airbus A300B4
• 2 Boeing 707-320
• 1 Boeing 737-700
• 1 Boeing 757

[edit] References

Airliner World,Oct2008

[edit] External links

• Official website

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