New test on China for Air Mauritius. After an assessment, the national aviation company decided to replace the Mauritius-Guangzhou service with a flight to Wuhan, a city in the center of the country.
New test on China for Air Mauritius. After an assessment, the national aviation company decided to replace the Mauritius-Guangzhou service with a flight to Wuhan, a city in the center of the country.
The first flight will take place on July 6th.
The Airbus A 340-300 will do this route once a week. “In preparation for our annual budget, we made an assessment of routes served by Air Mauritius. It was after this analysis that we decided to abolish the flight to Guangzhou and replace it with that on Wuhan,” said Somas Appavou, General Manager of Air Mauritius.
Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China, home to 13 million people. For its part, Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province, with a population of 10 million. Market studies that have been done in collaboration with Chinese operators have revealed a demand on this destination.”The operators are confident,” says Somas Appavou.
Flights to China are not the only ones that will change. In Madagascar, for example, Air Mauritius is negotiating with the authorities to increase flights to this destination. “We would ideally want flights to Madagascar seven days a week,” says Somas Appavou. Currently, the national airline operates five flights between Ivato Airport and Mauritius.
Other changes to be expected include flights to South Africa and India. Air Mauritius hopes to be able to operate more flights to these destinations during high periods. “We would like to operate three flights to Cape Town and four or five flights to Durban during peak periods,” said the Air Mauritius general manager. For the time being, the national aviation company provides only two weekly flights between Mauritius and Durban.
On destination India too, Air Mauritius wants to operate at least one more flight per week during the most requested periods. At this moment, the frequency is four flights per week.
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