Air Mauritius

Air Mauritius is the national airline of the island of Mauritius, with headquarters based in Port Louis. Air Mauritius operates both regional and international services; flying to over 30 destinations across including Australia, Asian, and the main is European. Its main hub is in Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport Mauritius.





Air Mauritius was setup in June 1967 and started its operations modestly in August 1972. Its International operations started in 1977 by using a Boeing 707 from British Air tours. In 1998, the Air Mauritius Airline was approved as a JAR (Joint Aviation Requirements) 145 Maintenance Organization by the French Direction Generale de L'Aviation Civile (DGAC).Air Mauritius launched a major corporate restructuring program in March 2002.


During the period of 1970s and 1980s, the airline launched Boeing 707s and Boeing 747s. The Airbus A340 in 1994, with ATR 42s introduced in 1997, an ATR 72 introduced in 2002 for inter-island routes and Airbus A319 for regional flights. Air Mauritius launched its new Airbus A340-300Es to London Heathrow and Hong Kong in December 2006. It employs 2,761 staff.


DESTINATIONS:

Air Mauritius flies some 850,000 passengers to about 30 destinations that cover the domestic and international regions like in European, African and Indian regions including the following:

Africa

• South Africa
• Kenya
• Madagascar

Asia

• India
• China
• Singapore
• Singapore

Europe

• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Switzerland
• United Kingdom
• Australia

HUB:

Main hub of Air Mauritius is:

• Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport Mauritius

FLEET:

Air Mauritius operates both regional and international services, flying to many destinations, with their fleet aircrafts as:

• Airbus A319
• Airbus A330
• Airbus A340
• ATR 42/72
• Boeing 747
• Boeing 767

FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAM:

The main frequent flyer program of the Air Mauritius is KestrelFlyer.

IN-FLIGHT SERVICES:

Some of the main facilities provided by the Air Mauritius to all the passengers are:

• Complementary meals and snacks,
• Entertainment facilities like video, Magazines, movie etc
• Special facilities for sick people etc
• It offers scheduled flights between the destinations
• Children and old passengers are given special care
• Medical help like Stretcher, oxygen, Wheelchair

Corporate Office:
Address:
Air Mauritius Centre
5 President John Kennedy Street
Port Louis
Mauritius
Telephone: (230) 207-7070
Fax: (230) 208-8331
Please log on to: http://www.airmauritius.com
Contact Air Mauritius direct on 1300 658 572 (in Australia)