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The airport was previously known as the Plaisance Airport. It has direct flights to several destinations in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe, and is home to the country's national airline, Air Mauritius. Airports of Mauritius Co. Ltd (AML) is the owner and operator of the airport, and the Government of Mauritius is the
"ICAO Location Indicators by State" . International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12. "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
The sole airport of Mauritius, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, is located in the village of Plaine Magnien. In addition, it is the birthplace of the former Governor-General of Mauritius, Dayendranath Burrenchobay. [2] Plaine Magnien has an all-girls State Secondary School, France Boyer de la Giroday SSS.
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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]
Mauritius, [a] officially the Republic of Mauritius, [b] is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals).
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]