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Air India to fly to Mauritius; Air Mauriitus to increase flights to India

BY A CORRESPONDENT
March 2006

After two decades, Air India, which has a minority stake of 2.5% in Air Mauritius, is planning to restart its Mumbai-Mauritius flights. At the same time, Air Mauritius has decided to increase its flights from the country to India.

Jitender Bhargava, Director, Air India said that Air India would be restarting its Mauritius flights by a 210 seater A310 aircraft.

The Air India flight is likely to start from end-March-end. Air India has enough capacity to operate these routes, with the arrival of new Boeings. The A310s will be released from Air India Express.

At the same time, Air Mauritius which operates 9 flights a week from cities including Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai, has decided to increase its flights between the two countries. Air Mauritius is planning to replace its 175 seater Boeing 767 with 309 seater Airbus 340.

Air Mauritius is also in talks with some leading Indian players for a medical tourism initiative.