Air Mauritius

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Air Mauritius
IATA
MK[1]		 ICAO
MAU[1]		 Callsign
AIRMAURITIUS[1]
Founded June 14, 1967 (1967-06-14) (44 years ago)
Commenced operations August 1972 (1972-08)
Hubs
Frequent-flyer program Kestrelflyer
Airport lounge Amédée Maingard Lounge
Subsidiaries
Fleet size 12
Destinations 26
Parent company Air Mauritius Holdings Ltd. (51%)
Headquarters Air Mauritius building
Port Louis, Mauritius
Key people
Revenue increase €433.937 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:79
Operating income increase €15.261 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:79
Net income increase €36.447 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:79
Profit increase €9.267 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:79
Total assets decrease €394.281 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:78
Total equity increase €118.978 million (FY ended 31 March 2011)[4]:78
Website www.airmauritius.com

Air Mauritius Limited, doing business 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 is the fourth largest carrier in Sub-Saharan Africa,[3] and has an important standing in the European, African, and Indian Ocean region markets; the airline won the “2011 Indian Ocean Leading Airline Prize”, making it the seventh year in a row for it to win the award.[6][7] It also performs a range of services in Mauritius for international airlines.[citation needed] Out of a five-star ranking, the carrier's inflight service is awarded 3 stars by Skytrax.[8]

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[edit] History

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.[9]

In the beginning, the carrier operated international services in conjunction with Air France, Air India and British Airways,[10]:1131 which jointly had a 25% holding in Air Mauritius at that time.[11]: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.[11]:41 In 1973, a wet-leased Vickers VC10 from British Airways enabled the company to launch a long-haul route to London via Nairobi.[11]:41[12] Likewise, long-range operations in its own right started on 1 November 1977, using a Boeing 707 wet-leased from British Airtours.[10]: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.[13][14] African medium-haul routes started utilizing the Airbus A319 following its delivery in 2001,[15] 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.[citation needed] As of 31 March 2011 (2011 -03-31), 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).[citation needed]

The airline has the Paille-en-Queue, a fish-eating tropical bird, as its symbol.[11]:41

[edit] Destinations

Main article: Air Mauritius destinations

As of July 2011, the Air Mauritius route network consists of 26 destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Shanghai became the 26th destination served by the company in early July 2011.[16] In February 2012 (2012-02), the airline announced the suspension of some non-profitable routes, starting with Milan, Melbourne, and Sydney, effective May 2012 (2012-05).[3][17]

[edit] Codeshare agreements

As of October 2011, Air Mauritius has codeshare agreements with the following companies, which are the actual operators on the routes specified:[18]

[edit] Frequent flyer programme

Air Mauritius' frequent flyer programme is called Kestrelflyer, which offers Silver and Gold accounts.[19]

[edit] Fleet

An Air Mauritius Airbus A340-300 at Frankfurt Airport in 2011.
An Air Mauritius Airbus A330-200 at Singapore Changi Airport in 2010.

In April 1988 (1988-04) the company acquired two Boeing 767-200ERs, named City of Port Louis and City of Curepipe.[14] 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.[14][20]

In 1994, the airline became the first in the Southern Hemisphere to fly the Airbus A340-300.[13] The Enhanced version of the type was ordered by the carrier in mid-2005.[13][21] The A340-300 Enhanced was put on service on the London-Heathrow route in December 2006, soon after delivery.[22] 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.[citation needed] Likewise, in 2007, the airline retrofitted all other Airbus A340-300s in its fleet.[citation needed] In March 2007 (2007-03), Air Mauritius became the first airline of a Southern African country that flew an all-Airbus fleet for long- and medium-haul routes.[citation needed] In late 2007, the fleet saw the incorporation of the Airbus A330-200.[23]

[edit] Current fleet

As of January 2012, the Air Mauritius fleet consists of the following equipment, with an average age of 8.8 years:[24]

Air Mauritius Fleet[25]
Aircraft In fleet Orders Passengers Notes
J Y Total
Airbus A319-100 1 — 16 108 124 All aircraft in new livery
1 — — 132 132
Airbus A330-200 2 — 24 251 275
Airbus A340-300 4 — 34 264 298
Airbus A340-300 Enhanced 2 — 266 300
ATR 72-500 2 — — 72 72
Total 12 —

[edit] Historical fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

[edit] Image gallery

[edit] Incidents and Accidents

According to Aviation Safety Network, as of June 2011 the airline has not suffered any accident or incident that led to fatalities.[27]

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d "Air Mauritius - Details and Fleet History". Planespotters.net. 18 December 2010. http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Air-Mauritius. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Air Mauritius – Board of Directors". Air Mauritius. http://www.airmauritius.com/boarddirectors.htm. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c Kamlesh Bhuckory (14 February 2012). "Air Mauritius Posts Nine-Month Loss, Plans to Reduce Routes". BusinessWeek. Bloomberg. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-14/air-mauritius-posts-nine-month-loss-plans-to-reduce-routes.html. Retrieved 15 February 2012. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Air Mauritius – Annual Report 2010/2011". Air Mauritius. 30 June 2011. http://www.airmauritius.com/investors/2011/AnnualReport2010-11.pdf. Retrieved 16 August 2011. 
  5. ^ "Air Mauritius – World Offices". Air Mauritius. http://www.airmauritius.com/contactus.htm#Mauritius. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
  6. ^ "Air Mauritius wins 2011 Indian Ocean Leading Airline". Air Mauritius. 16 September 2011. http://www.airmauritius.com/news/NRMKwins2011IndianOceanLeadingAirline.pdf. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 
  7. ^ "World Travel Awards – Air Mauritius profile". World Travel Awards. http://www.worldtravelawards.com/profile-32-air-mauritius. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 
  8. ^ "Air Mauritius Customer Reviews | SKYTRAX". 14 March 2011. http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/mauritius.htm. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
  9. ^ "World Airline Survey... Air Mauritius Ltd" (pdf). Flight International: 519. 11 April 1968. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1968/1968%20-%200537.html. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  10. ^ a b c "World airline directory – Air Mauritius Ltd" (pdf). Flight International: 1130 – 1131. 22 April 1978. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200634.html. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  11. ^ a b c d Andrzej Jeziorski (17 August 1994 – 23 August 1994). "Tropical lifeline" (pdf). Flight International (Mauritius): 40 – 41. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1994/1994%20-%201962.html?search=air%20mauritius. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  12. ^ "Contract flag carriers" (pdf). Flight International: 474. 28 February 1976. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1976/1976%20-%200338.html. Retrieved 16 August 2011. "British Airways undertakes such an operation for Air Mauritius, which wet-leases a Super VC10 for a once-weekly scheduled service to Mauritius leaving Heathrow on a Sunday and returning on a Monday." 
  13. ^ a b c "Air Mauritius expands its fleet with new Airbus A340-300E aircraft" (Press release). Airbus. 27 June 2005. http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/news-events-single/detail/air-mauritius-expands-its-fleet-with-new-airbus-a340-300e-aircraft/. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  14. ^ a b c d "767 – Extending the range" (pdf). Flight International: 25 – 27. 4 June 1988. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1988/1988%20-%201479.html. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
  15. ^ "Marketplace". Flightglobal.com. Flight International. 16 May 2000. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2000/05/16/65603/marketplace.html. Retrieved 22 August 2000. "Air Mauritius has ordered two CFM International CFM56-powered A319s, for delivery in the third quarter of 2001 and third quarter of 2002." 
  16. ^ "Air Mauritius office to be inaugurated in Shanghai". The Independent Daily. 6 July 2011. http://theindependent.mu/2011/07/06/air-mauritius-office-to-be-inaugurated-in-shanghai/. Retrieved 8 July 2011. "The national airline’s flights to Shanghai have been operational since Monday." 
  17. ^ "MK CONFIRME: suspension de vols vers Milan, Genève et Francfort [MK CONFIRMATION: flights to Milan, Geneva and Frankfurt will be suspended]" (in French). Le Mauricien. 14 February 2012. http://www.lemauricien.com/article/mk-confirme-suspension-vols-vers-milan-gen%C3%A8ve-et-francfort. Retrieved 15 February 2012. 
  18. ^ "Air Mauritius Timetable (Effective 30 November 2011 – 24 March 2012)". Air Mauritius. http://www.airmauritius.com/home\Timetable1112.pdf. Retrieved 3 November 2011. 
  19. ^ "KestrelFlyer". Air Mauritius. http://www.airmauritius.com/kestrelflyer.htm. Retrieved 21 June 2011. 
  20. ^ a b "Boeing 7-Series – Fast Facts: Boeing 767". Boeing. http://www.boeing.com/news/feature/sevenseries/767.html. Retrieved 29 July 2011. "On April 18, 1988, an Air Mauritius 767-200ER set a new distance record for commercial twinjets--flying 8,727 statute miles (14,042 kilometers) from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Mauritius in 16 hours and 27 minutes." 
  21. ^ "Air Mauritius to add three A340-300Es to fleet". Air Transport World. 28 June 2005. http://atwonline.com/aircraftenginescomponents/news/air-mauritius-add-three-a340-300es-fleet-0309. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
  22. ^ "Other News - 04/14/2006". Air Transport World. 17 April 2006. http://atwonline.com/operations-maintenance/news/other-news-04142006-0309. Retrieved 22 August 2011. "Air Mauritius announced an overhaul of its long-haul product beginning in December on its route to London-Heathrow operated with two soon-to-be-delivered A340-300Es." 
  23. ^ "Other News - 11/16/2007". Air Transport World. 19 November 2007. http://atwonline.com/operations-maintenance/news/other-news-11162007-0309-0. Retrieved 22 August 2011. "Air France Industries signed a multiyear contract with Air Mauritius for overhaul of 31 CFM56-5C engines and component maintenance of two new A330-200s to be delivered this month and at the end of 2009." 
  24. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Air Mauritius Fleet Age". AeroTransport Data Bank. 14 January 2012. http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=Air+Mauritius&where=51372&luck=. Retrieved 14 January 2012. 
  25. ^ "Air Mauritius – Fleet". Air Mauritius. http://www.airmauritius.com/fleet.htm. Retrieved 21 June 2011. 
  26. ^ a b "World Airline Directory – Air Mauritius" (pdf). Flight International: 879 – 880. 2 April 1983. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1983/1983%20-%200573.html. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  27. ^ "Air Mauritius accident record". ASN. http://aviation-safety.net/database/operator/airline-country.php?id=3B. Retrieved 21 June 2011. 

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