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770:"'81 AI Boeing hijacker in city to meet pilot"
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867:"SA Airlink rethinks Swazi operation"
739:"Seychelles chasing last of invaders"
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1391:1999 disestablishments in Africa
1386:1978 establishments in Swaziland
627:Encyclopedia of African airlines
274:Seychelles International Airport
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346:In 1994, the airline leased a
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539:. 7–11 March 1978. p. 16
408:A Royal Swazi Fokker F.28 at
140:with its operational base at
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1254:Royal Swazi National Airways
1239:List of airports in Eswatini
1066:Royal Swazi National Airways
892:Burns, Hilka (26 May 1999).
630:. Ben Guttery. p. 206.
20:Royal Swazi National Airways
16:Defunct airline of Swaziland
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588:"Africa's new airline"
470:Bought from Swazi Air
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1264:Swazi Express Airways
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1076:Swazi Express Airways
747:The Milwaukee Journal
682:"The Seychelles Case"
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362:, a trust managed by
256:Seychellois President
902:Flight International
871:Flight International
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743:Victoria, Seychelles
592:Flight International
563:Flight International
463:Vickers Viscount 839
440:Damaged in the 1981
373:on 25 April for the
341:South African Police
190:Vickers Viscount 839
134:Kingdom of Swaziland
78:Commenced operations
873:. 15 September 1999
692:on 8 November 2001.
489:Fairchild Metro III
433:Fokker F.28 Mk.3000
182:Fokker F.28 Mk.3000
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515:References
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483:Leased In
457:Leased In
450:Fokker 100
442:Seychelles
371:SA Airlink
367:Mswati III
348:Fokker 100
249:Seychelles
237:Mike Hoare
1300:Lomahasha
1028:Scheduled
898:Cape Town
424:In Fleet
421:Aircraft
321:Australia
281:Cape Town
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503:See also
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331:. With
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313:Nairobi
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427:Notes
325:Maseru
317:Maputo
309:Maputo
305:Lusaka
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213:Durban
186:Fokker
148:, the
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