Praslin Island Airport also known as Iles des Palmes Airport, is an airport at Grand Anse on Praslin Island in the Seychelles. It is served by Air Seychelles, which flies scheduled flights to Mahé and charters to the other islands in the Seychelles. The airport has the capacity to handle over 1500 passengers daily and over half a million passengers annually.
History During the late 1990s Praslin underwent an expansion to deal with increased passengers and larger planes. The airport was officially reopened on 3 June 2001. The cost of the renovation was around 40 million Seychellois rupees.
Airline and destination
Statistics Values from "Seychelles in Figures" for traffic between Mahé and Praslin: Seychelles in Figures 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Year Passengers Change 2014 158,271 1% 2013 160,262 60% 2012 100,302 42% 2011 173,736 8% 2010 161,045 6% 2009 152,614 28% 2008 212,784 16% 2007 252,545 6% 2006 237,199 11% 2005 214,055 0% 2004 215,074 6% 2003 227,830 0%
See also Transport in Seychelles List of airports in Seychelles
References
External links OurAirports – Praslin FallingRain – Praslin Airport Accident history for Praslin Airport at Aviation Safety Network