Update on Air Mauritius Durban Route

 Further to last week’s news that Air Mauritius will be introducing flights to Durban, South Africa once again, the airline has announced that the 5th of July will be the start date of this reintroduction. The daily Johannesburg flight will be retained, but as of the 2nd of May, the Johannesburg night flight will fall away. “Despite the fact that our night flights will be suspended during low season periods, we would like to assure all passengers that supplementary midnight flights will be added during peak travel periods, to meet market demand,” said Carla da Silva, Air Mauritius Regional Manager, Southern Africa and Latin America. The current Cape Town schedule remains unchanged. The Durban flight will see an A319 departing at 12h10 and arriving in Mauritius at 18h00, whilst the return flight leaves at 09h00 and will arrive in Durban at 11h20. “During peak periods and holiday seasons, we will introduce additional capacity, to accommodate our partners, and where required, an equipment upgrade will be affected for group travel,” said da Silva. Air Mauritius cancelled the Durban route last year, with only seasonal flights taking place. But, according to the airline, the reintroduction of the route is due to “submissions from the market, government and other stakeholders, which meant that we re-assessed the situation and monitored our peak period flights results”.