La desserte aérienne de deux petits Etats insulaires : les Seychelles et Maurice

• Main Author: Marie-Annick Lamy-Giner
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités 2014-10-01
• Series: Cybergeo
• Subjects: island; air transportation; tourism
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/26490

In the case of tourist islands such as Seychelles and Mauritius for which maritime passenger transport remains confidential, the issue of air service is critical. For these two small islands of the Indian Ocean far from any major land, air connections are like threads which extend to the major tourist-generating countries, especially European ones. Until recently the tourists were mainly transported by Seychelles and Mauritian airlines, flagships of their country. But these national carriers, struggling to adapt to the situation, had to fold their wings and cancel numerous routes. What are the impacts of air transport reconstructions on these “fragments” of Eden largely dependent on tourism?