15-October-2015 Air Seychelles yesterday officially welcomed home the newest member of its domestic fleet, a DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft. The turboprop aircraft has been named Isle of Denis after a small coral island lying 95km northeast of Mahé. The aircraft’s long journey from Canada to Seychelles covered a total distance of more than 16,770km. The flight path began in Calgary, Canada, where Isle of Denis was outfitted with larger fuel tanks to increase its range, before moving through Europe and Africa, where the aircraft made refuelling stops at seven airports. The longest leg of the journey was the penultimate sector between Aswan, Egypt and Nairobi, Kenya,...
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