Air Mauritius
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| IATA code : | MK |
| ICAO code : | MAU |
| Call sign : | AIRMAURITIUS |
| Founding: | 1967 |
| Operation stopped: | 2020 (provisional) |
| Seat: |
Port Louis , Mauritius
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| Home airport : | Mauritius airport |
| IATA prefix code : | 239 |
| Management: | Megh Pillay ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 2,341 |
| Sales: | € 490.8 million (2015/2016) |
| Passenger volume: | 1.5 million (2015/2016) |
| Alliance : | Alliance vanilla |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | KestrelFlyer |
| Fleet size: | 13 (+ 4 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.airmauritius.com |
| Air Mauritius ceased operations in 2020 (provisionally). The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Air Mauritius was the national airline of the island of Mauritius , based in Port Louis and based at Mauritius Airport .
history
Air Mauritius was founded in 1967. The first aircraft was a Piper PA-31 and the first target was Rodrigues .
Mumbai was added in 1972 . Of Air India leased one aircraft with which one of London flew. In 1977 a Boeing 707 added to the fleet. In 1981 Nairobi , Durban and Johannesburg were added to the route network. A Boeing 747-SP was leased from South African Airways in 1984, with which one flew to Paris , Singapore and Munich-Riem .
In 1988 the old Boeing 707 was replaced by a more modern Boeing 767-200ER . The Airbus A340-300 was added to the fleet in 1994. In 2005 Air Mauritius received two Airbus A319-100s , followed in 2006 by two Airbus A340-300 E , an improved version with an increased maximum take-off weight, which replaced the Boeing 767, which was phased out at the beginning of 2007. In 2007 and 2009, an Airbus A330-200 joined the fleet.
At the end of 2008, a revised logo was presented to symbolize new goals. The Paille en Queue , a mythical tropical bird, should also give new lift. At the beginning of 2008, a new two-class variant was introduced in the machines, and new uniforms were introduced in October 2008.
On July 16, 2014, Air Mauritius ordered six Airbus A350-900s at Farnborough International Airshow . Four will be bought directly from Airbus and two will be leased from AerCap . The first A350 leased from AerCap was delivered on October 20, 2017.
On April 22nd, 2020 Air Mauritius was placed under voluntary bankruptcy administration.
Destinations
Air Mauritius connects Mauritius with the Vanilla Islands (in the Indic ) and also flies to numerous international destinations in Africa , Asia and Australia . In Europe , London , Paris and Amsterdam are served.
With Bell 206 it also offers transfer flights from the airport to the respective hotels and sightseeing flights.
Codeshare
Air Mauritius has codeshare agreements with Air France , Air India , Air Seychelles , KLM , Emirates , Malaysia Airlines and South African Airways .
Planned alliance
A first alliance of African airlines between Air Mauritius, South African Airways , RwandAir and Kenya Airways is planned for March 2019. Together we want to achieve greater efficiency through size in order to better meet the market leader in Africa Ethiopian . Mauritius is planned as a joint hub.
This alliance has been discussed since at least September 2017. Air Mauritius flies profitably, but the other 3 intended alliance partners are consistently in deficit in 2015-2018.
fleet
Current fleet
As of March 2020, the Air Mauritius fleet consists of 13 aircraft with an average age of 11.2 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Economy ) |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 2 | 132 (- / 132) | ||
| Airbus A330-200 | 2 | 275 (24/251) | ||
| Airbus A330-900neo | 2 | leased from ALC ; Delivery expected autumn 2018 | 291 (28/263) | |
| Airbus A340-300 | 2 | Replacement by A330neo and A350 | 298 (34/264) 300 (34/266) |
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| Airbus A350-900 | 2 | 4th | 326 (28/298) | |
| ATR 72-500 | 3 | 72 (- / 72) | ||
| total | 13 | 4th |
On July 7th, 2020, five aircraft were put out to tender.
Previously deployed aircraft
In the past, Air Mauritius used the following types of aircraft:
- Airbus A340-200
- Boeing 707-300B and 707-400
- Boeing 747-SP
- Boeing 767-200ER and 767-300ER
- de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300
- Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar
- Piper PA-31
See also
Web links
- Air Mauritius website (French, English, Chinese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c airmauritius.com - Financial Highlights (English), accessed on March 12, 2017
- ↑ airbus.com - Air Mauritius orders six Airbus A350 XWB, July 16, 2014 ( memento of July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 16, 2014
- ↑ Air Mauritius takes delivery of its first A350 XWB. Airbus.com , October 20, 2017, accessed October 23, 2017 .
- ^ Air Mauritius files for voluntary administration. ch-aviation , April 22, 2020.
- ↑ airmauritius.com - Air Mauritius Network (English), accessed on 12 March 2017th
- ↑ airmauritius.com - Helicopter Services (English), accessed on March 12, 2017.
- ↑ Four top African airlines to take on Ethiopian theeastafrican.co.ke, December 24, 2018, accessed January 15, 2018.
- ↑ Ethiopian in the sights: New alliance against Africa's superairline orf.at, January 13, 2019, accessed January 15, 2018.
- ^ Air Mauritius Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Air Lease Corporation Announces Lease Placement of Two New Airbus A330-900neo Aircraft with Air Mauritius ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. airleasecorp.com, February 17, 2017, accessed March 12, 2017.
- ↑ Air Mauritius sells a large part of its fleet. In: aerotelegraph.com. July 10, 2020, accessed July 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Air Mauritius fleet , accessed March 18, 2018.
