Airplane tickets purchased, hotel booked ... What other questions remain for the traveler planning a trip to Seychelles? Destination airport! After all, the archipelago consists of one hundred and fifteen islands scattered along the surface of the Indian Ocean. Which one will your liner land on? And how then to get to the desired island? After all, the path to the Seychelles from Russia is not at all close. It can take from twelve to eighteen hours. And if you fly with a change in Frankfurt, then the road to the paradise islands can take a day. So you want to quickly reach your destination in order to relax after a long flight! In this article we will talk about the intricacies of air movement over the Seychelles. We hope that this information will help you plan your roadmap.
Seychelles International Airport
Although the state in the Indian Ocean does not belong to the list of the largest, the inhabitants of the archipelago prefer to travel from remote islands to the capital by air. Of course, the tourist craving for exotic has an alternative to air travel. These are numerous swimming facilities, from punts with a motor to speed boats. But flights from abroad are accepted only by one Seychelles airport. Its name is very romantic - Pointe-Larue. As expected of the country's main air harbor, it is located near the capital of Seychelles, the city of Victoria. This is the island of Mahe. And no matter what flight you fly to this country, you will land here.
Pointe larue
The air harbor of Mahe Island is the only one in the country capable of receiving "heavy" liners. They are served by a concrete runway of almost three kilometers in length. Despite the convenience of landing, passengers experience a certain adrenaline rush arriving in the Seychelles. Pointe Larue Airport is located at an altitude of only three meters above sea level, that is, almost on the beach. One can only guess what it is like during a tropical storm. Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain herself opened the air harbor in 1972. Since that time, the main airport of the country has undergone several expansions and renovations. In 2010, it served 618.5 thousand passengers.
If you need Mahe Island (Seychelles)
This airport is located ten kilometers from the capital. Victoria is easily accessible via Providence Highway. There are numerous car rental offices right in the airport building. Regular buses depart from the arrival halls to the city. Their final stop is Victoria Bus Station. Pointe Larue Airport consists of three terminals: international, domestic and cargo flights. He works pretty hard. Even in the low tourist season, liners fly up every half hour from here. The hub accepts regular flights from Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
How to get to other islands?
Swim from one atoll to another, albeit exotic, but for a long time. If you are eager to get to your paid-for paradise (that is, a resort hotel), you should use the air service that reliably connects almost all of Seychelles. Pointe Larue Airport has a terminal for domestic flights, where you can go on foot from the international. There you will fall into the sensitive hands of the airline "Air Seychelles". By the way, this national carrier also operates international flights to Mauritius and Johannesburg (South Africa). But the main hobby of the company is domestic flights. Almost all the more or less crowded islands of the Seychelles archipelago, even those privately owned, have their own airports. Their strips are not long and covered with a primer, but the light airplanes of the Air Seychelles land here without difficulty. The busiest air harbors are Praslin, Derosh, Denise and Frigate.