Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
| Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport | |||
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IATA: MRU – ICAO: FIMP
 MRU
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Airports of Mauritius Co. Ltd. | ||
| Serves | Mauritius | ||
| Location | Plaine Magnien | ||
| Hub for | Air Mauritius | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 186 ft / 57 m | ||
| Coordinates | 20°25′48″S 57°40′59″E / 20.43°S 57.68306°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 14/32 | 3,370 | 11,056 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Passengers | 2,381,810 | ||
| Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa, DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (IATA: MRU, ICAO: FIMP), known as SSR Airport or previously as Plaisance Airport, is an international airport serving the island country of Mauritius. The airport is located at Plaine Magnien, near Plaisance and 26 nautical miles (48 km) southeast of Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius. It is named after Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985), who was the first Prime Minister of Mauritius.
The airport serves as the hub of the country's national airline Air Mauritius, and most of the maintenance on the aircraft is carried out at the new hangar facilities there.
The existing terminal building is a two-storey structure, with arrivals based mainly on the lower floor and departures handled on the upper floor. A large outdoor parking lot is attached. Unlike most airports, SSR Airport is a passenger-only building, non-passengers are not allowed inside. As a result, there are no landside shops, only duty-free boutiques after customs in the departure lounge, and a small duty free boutique for passengers arriving at Mauritius.
On 28 May 2009, Aéroports de Paris subsidiaries ADPM and ADPI accounced they had won the contract to construct and manage a new terminal, Terminal 2. This building will connect with the existing terminal.[3]
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Austral | Saint-Denis de la Réunion, Saint-Pierre de la Réunion |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Madagascar | Antananarivo |
| Air Mauritius | Antananarivo, Bangalore [ends 22 October 2012][4], Cape Town, Chennai, Delhi, Durban [ends 28 October 2012], Frankfurt [ends 28 October 2012], Geneva [ends 1 October 2012], Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London-Heathrow, Melbourne [ends 1 June 2012], Milan-Malpensa [ends 1 June 2012], Mumbai, Nairobi, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Perth, Rodrigues, Saint-Denis de la Réunion, Saint-Pierre de la Réunion, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, Sydney [ends 1 June 2012] |
| Air Seychelles | Mahé |
| British Airways | London-Gatwick |
| British Airways operated by Comair | Johannesburg |
| Condor Flugdienst | Frankfurt |
| Corsairfly | Lyon, Paris-Orly, Marseille, Nantes |
| Edelweiss Air | Zurich [5] |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Meridianafly | Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino, Verona |
| South African Airways | Johannesburg |
| Transaero | Moscow-Domodedovo |
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- On August 24, 1960, Qantas Super Constellation VH-EAC crashed on take-off at Mauritius en route to the Cocos Islands. The take-off was aborted following an engine failure, the aircraft ran off the runway, and was destroyed by fire. There were no fatalities.
- On November 28, 1987, South African Airways Flight 295, a Boeing 747-200 en route from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei to present-day O.R. Tambo International Airport via Mauritius crashed into the Indian Ocean after an in-flight cargo fire. None of the 159 passengers and crew survived the crash.
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for FIMP from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for MRU at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ "ADPM and ADPI, Aéroports de Paris subsidiaries, will develop and manage Mauritius international airport new terminal"
- ^ http://www.airmauritius.com/news/Communique%2014%20Feb%202012-English.pdf
- ^ http://edelweissair.ch/d/destinations/plan/MRU/
[edit] External links
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