Ligne Aérienne Seychelles

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Ligne Aérienne Seychelles
Ligne Aerienne Seychelles Boeing 707 S7-LAS
IATA code : (without)
ICAO code : YP (LAS)
Call sign : (unknown)
Founding: 1986
Operation stopped: 1987
Seat: Victoria , SeychellesSeychelles 1977Seychelles 
Home airport : Seychelles International Airport
Company form: Limited
Management: Paul Lewis
Fleet size: 1
Aims: international
Ligne Aérienne Seychelles ceased operations in 1987. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Ligne Aérienne Seychelles (also known as LAS) was a short-lived Seychelles International Airport- based airline that ceased operations in 1987.

history

Ligne Aérienne Seychelles was founded in 1986 by Christopher Hurndal, a flight captain, together with private investors in Victoria to offer charter flights to the Seychelles . The company received route rights for connections from Mahé via Singapore to Australia as well as to Nairobi ( Kenya ), Lilongwe ( Malawi ) and Gaborone ( Botswana ). Operations began in December 1986 with a leased Boeing 707-300B ( registration number : S7-LAS), which was originally delivered to American Airlines in 1969 .

Mainly the company flew to the Australian airport Perth in the IT charter traffic , whereby the number of weekly operations was small overall. The Boeing 707 was often in Perth for several days before flying back to the Seychelles. In addition, regular services to Nairobi were carried out at times . It is unclear whether the company used the route rights to Lilongwe and Gaborone. Due to the insufficient utilization of the aircraft, Ligne Aérienne Seychelles ceased operations in 1987 for economic reasons. The leased Boeing 707 was taken over in March 1988 by the Kenyan African Express Airways .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JP airline fleets international edition 87/88; Note: The company had already received a three-digit ICAO code, which became the official standard on November 1, 1987. However, it is unclear whether the company was still in existence at the time.
  2. ↑ Ben R. Guttery: Encyclopedia of African Airlines . McFarland & Company Inc., Jefferson 1998, ISBN 0-7864-0495-7 .
  3. ↑ a b Flight International, March 28, 1988 (in English), accessed March 25, 2017
  4. ↑ a b Rzjets: Boeing 707-323B S7-LAS , accessed on March 25, 2017
  5. ^ Geoff Goodall's Aviation History Site: Perth Airport 1980s , accessed March 25, 2017
  6. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 88/89
  7. ↑ Seychelles Travel: Seychelles Unsung Heroes collection looks at Doris Johnston with a from Bush Baby to Career Lady approach , accessed March 25, 2017