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A British Airtours Boeing 707 leased to Air Mauritius at Orly Airport in 1978. The company was established on 14 June 1967 by Air France, BOAC and the Government of Mauritius, with a 27.5% stake each; the balance was held by Rogers and Co, the general sales agent for Air France and BOAC in Mauritius.
The first flight to Rodrigues island was made on 10 September 1972, an Air Mauritius flight from Plaisance Airport to the Plaine Corail Airport at Rodrigues using a Twin Otter (3B-NAB). Later the Twin Otters were replaced by ATR 42 -300 and ATR 42 -500 twin turboprops.
"UN Location Codes: Mauritius". UN/LOCODE 2006-2. UNECE. 2007-04-30. - includes IATA codes; Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Mauritius - IATA and ICAO codes; World Aero Data: Mauritius - ICAO codes and coordinates
Even though Mauritius was a British colony, the British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C) began to come to Mauritius only from 1962. The Mauritius-London itinerary took 26 hours, with 4 stops. In 1967, a Boeing 707, capable of carrying 160 passengers was introduced on the Paris-Mauritius line, decreasing the travel time to 18 hours. [1]
Plaine Corail Airport (IATA: RRG, ICAO: FIMR) is an airport located near Plaine Corail on Rodrigues, an island dependency of Mauritius.Prior to being renamed in 2017, [3] it was known as Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport, after Gaëtan Duval (1930–1996), a former deputy Mauritian prime minister, who oversaw much of the development of Rodrigues.
An Air Mauritius Airbus A330-200 at Perth Airport in 2014. Air Mauritius was set up in June 1967 (). [1] The airline had no aircraft at the beginning, and in January 1972 (), Air India started flying the Port Louis–Bombay–Port Louis run on Air Mauritius' behalf using Boeing 707 aircraft; this was Air Mauritius' first route. [2]
The number "72" in its name is derived from the aircraft's standard seating configuration in a passenger-carrying configuration, which could seat 72–78 passengers in a single-class arrangement. Airline operators
To call a Mauritius mobile phone, the following format is used: 5 123 4567 Calls inside Mauritius +230 5 123 4567 Calls from outside Mauritius; To call a Mauritius fixed line, the following format is used: