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| Founded | June 14, 1967 | |||
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| Commenced operations | August 1972 | |||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Kestrelflyer | |||
| Airport lounge | Amédée Maingard Lounge | |||
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| Fleet size | 12 | |||
| Destinations | 26 | |||
| Parent company | Air Mauritius Holdings Ltd. (51%) | |||
| Headquarters | Air Mauritius building Port Louis, Mauritius |
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| Revenue | €433.937 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:79 | |||
| Operating income | €15.261 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:79 | |||
| Net income | €36.447 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:79 | |||
| Profit | €9.267 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:79 | |||
| Total assets | €394.281 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:78 | |||
| Total equity | €118.978 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:78 | |||
| Website | www.airmauritius.com | |||
Air Mauritius Limited, stylised as Air Mauritius, is the flag carrier of Mauritius. The airline is headquartered at the Air Mauritius Centre in Port Louis, Mauritius.[5] Its main base is Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport.[4]:49
The carrier is 51%-owned by Air Mauritius Holdings Ltd., which is in turn owned in its majority by the Mauritian Government.[4]:150 Air Mauritius' wholly owned subsidiaries are Airmate Ltd., Air Mauritius Holidays (Pty) Ltd. Australia, Air Mauritius SA (Proprietary) Ltd., Mauritian Holidays Ltd. (UK) and Mauritius Helicopters Ltd.; partly owned subsidiaries are Mauritius Estate Development Corporation Ltd. (93.7%), Pointe Coton Resort Hotel Company Ltd. (54.2%), and Mauritius Shopping Paradise Company Ltd. (41.7%).[4]:150
The company has an important standing in the European, African, and the Indian Ocean region markets; it actually has won the “2011 Indian Ocean Leading Airline Prize”, which has been awarded to the airline for the seventh consecutive year.[3][6] It also performs a range of services in Mauritius for international airlines. Out of a five-star ranking, the carrier's inflight service is awarded 3 stars by Skytrax.[7]
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The company was set up on 14 June 1967 by Air France, the BOAC enterprise, and the Government of Mauritius, with a 27.5% stake each; the balance was held by Rogers and Co. Ltd., the general sales agent for Air France and BOAC within Mauritius.[8]
At the beginning, the carrier operated international services in conjunction with Air France, Air India and British Airways,[9]:1131 which jointly had a 25% holding in Air Mauritius at that time.[10]:41 Until 1972, the company restricted its activities to ground services only; it started flight operations in its own right in August 1972 with a six-seater Piper PA-31 Navajo aircraft leased from Air Madagascar, connecting Mauritius with Rodrigues.[10]:41 In 1973, a wet-leased VC-10 from British Airways enabled the company to launch a long-haul route to London via Nairobi.[10]:41[11] Likewise, long-range operations in its own right started on 1 November 1977 using a Boeing 707 wet-leased from British Airtours.[9]:1131
During the 1970s and 1980s, long-haul routes were operated with Boeing 707s and Boeing 747 SPs. These aircraft have been gradually replaced with Boeing 767s and Airbus A340s, introduced in 1988 and 1994, respectively.[12][13] African medium-haul routes started being operated with the Airbus A319 following its delivery in 2001,[14] and ATR 42s and ATR 72s were introduced in 1987 and 2002, respectively, to operate inter-island services.
In 1995 the company was listed on the stock exchange of Mauritius. As of 31 March 2011[update], shareholders having more than 5% of participation in the airline are Air Mauritius Holdings (51%) and the government of Mauritius (8.4%), while other investors hold a 19.9% stake in the company.[4]:52 It employs a staff 2,761-strong (at March 2007).
The airline has the Paille-en-Queue, a fish-eating tropical bird, as its symbol.[10]:41
As of July 2011[update], the Air Mauritius route network comprises 26 destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Shanghai became the 26th destination served by the company in early July 2011.[15]
As of October 2011[update], Air Mauritius has codeshare agreements with the following companies, which are the actual operators on the routes specified:[16]
Air Mauritius frequent flyer programme is called Kestrelflyer, which offers Silver and Gold accounts.[17]
In April 1988 the company acquired two Boeing 767-200ERs, named “City of Port Louis” and “City of Curepipe”.[13] One of these aircraft set a record-breaking distance for commercial twinjets on 18 April 1988, when it flew non-stop from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Mauritius, covering a distance of almost 9,000 miles (14,000 km) in less than 17 hours.[13][18]
In 1994, the airline became the first one in the Southern Hemisphere to fly the Airbus A340-300.[12] The Enhanced version of the type was ordered by the carrier in mid-2005.[12][19] The A340-300 Enhanced was put on service on the London Heathrow route in December 2006, soon after delivery.[20] Also that month, the last original Airbus A340-300 ever built was delivered to the company; it was registered 3B-NBJ and named “Le Chamarel”. Likewise, in 2007 the airline retrofitted all other Airbus A340-300s in its fleet. In late 2007, the fleet saw the incorporation of the Airbus A330-200.[21] In March 2007, Air Mauritius became the first Southern African country airline to fly an all-Airbus fleet for long- and medium-haul routes.
As of June 2011[update], the Air Mauritius fleet consists of the following equipment, with an average age of 8.1 years:[22]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| J | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A319-100 | 1 | — | 16 | 108 | 124 | Both aircraft in new livery |
| 1 | — | — | 132 | 132 | ||
| Airbus A330-200 | 2 | — | 24 | 251 | 275 | One aircraft in new livery |
| Airbus A340-300 | 4 | — | 34 | 264 | 298 | All aircraft in new livery |
| Airbus A340-300 Enhanced | 2 | — | 266 | 300 | ||
| ATR 72-500 | 2 | — | — | 72 | 72 | Both aircraft in new livery |
| Total | 12 | — | ||||
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
According to Aviation Safety Network, as of June 2011[update] the airline has not suffered any accident or incident that led to fatalities.[26]
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