AS Air Mauritius prepares to launch a new scheduled service to Spain from June 16 until October 13, talks are under way to introduce flights to Shanghai, via Kuala Lumpur.
The airline, which has in the first six months of its financial year turned a profit of R28m from a R156m loss during the previous period, will operate a non-stop flight between Mauritius and Madrid once a week using an A340-300 with 34 business- and 264 economy-class seats.
MK080 will depart Mauritius on Mondays at 09h15, arriving in Madrid at 19h15. MK091 will depart Madrid on Mondays at 21h15 and arrive in Mauritius the following day at 10h45.
Air Mauritius regional manager, Ben Balasoupramanien, could not confirm the new Shanghai schedule, saying only that “operations have not yet been finalised”.
Ben confirmed that a third flight would be added on the Cape Town route from July 6 and that all A340-300s would undergo a reconfiguration from March until the end of June.
