Falkland Islands Government Air Service

Falkland Islands Government Air Service
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
HubsPort Stanley Airport
Fleet size5 fixed-wing aircraft
Holding company#Parent companyFalkland Islands Government
HeadquartersStanley, Falkland Islands
Key peopleShaun Minto (General Manager 2008-2010)[1]
Websitehttps://www.falklands.gov.fk/aviationservice/
Port Stanley Airport.

Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) is a small domestic airline based at Port Stanley Airport in the Falkland Islands. It operates unscheduled passenger services throughout the Falkland Islands. It also undertakes aerial surveillance of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) surrounding the islands.[2]

Britten-Norman Islander, registration VP-FBD, pictured in 1994.
  1. ^ "Kiwi takes over Falkland Islands Air service". Stuff.co.nz. NZPA. 23 February 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. ^ Flight International, 3 April 2007