Air Mauritius Enters Voluntary Administration - A330 / A340

Air Mauritius Enters Voluntary Administration

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:20:36 +0000

Another airline has just entered administration... The Board of Directors of Air Mauritius has today made the decision to place the airline into voluntary administration. The airline was struggling before this all started, and in January 2020, management had set up a Transformation Steering Committee, intended to address the financial difficulties of the business model.

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Hugo — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 02:23:03 +0000

I noticed that theres a trend here.. Both Air Mauritius and South African Airways had the same CEO when they made large aircraft orders. Andre Viljoen was SAA CEO when they had an Airbus overhaul in 2002, ordering a large number of A319s, A340-300 and A340-600s. He left 2 years after, and became acting CEO of Air Mauritius in December 2010. Under his leadership, Air Mauritius made an order for six A350-900s at the 2014 Farnborough Air Show. He left not long afterwards about a year later. He is now repeating the same things with Fiji Airways as he is the current CEO there now, ordering 5 737 Max 8s, 2 A330-200s in 2017 and 2 A350-900s in 2019. I wont be surprised if Fiji Airways becomes the next airline to buckle in this Covid-19 Pandemic. Think about it; Fiji is a tourism dependant nation of less than 1 million citizens. It however has 6 A330s, 5 737 Max 8s and 2 A350-900s.

Philippe Ragaven — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:06:28 +0000

I do not see why the tax payers should should bear the burden of the heavy cost of rescue for Air Mauritius. Air Mauritius is one of the most expensive destination from Australia. As a Mauritian , I flew almost every year for the last 20 years..... but never more ! Now with the corona virus pandemic it will be even more difficult to attract Australians to visit Mauritius. We need competition in the airline industry in Mauritius....There has been enough coruption within Air Mauritius which have been covered up by different govermments for many years. Enough of protectionism! The tax payers in Mauritius shold not have to pay for a failing company and from Mauritians living overseas, through exhorbitant cost of ticketing !!! We Mauritians know of the corruption that have existed within Air Mauritius and the political incestious relationship that have gone on for years with the different political parties in power. Let there be competition ! It would be better for both tourism from Europe and reduce the cost of ticketing from Australia. Philippe Ragaven.

DN10 — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:22:00 +0000

@Hamidkhan - what other destinations in Africa are becoming more popular at the expense of Mauritius?

Hurdowar — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:06:06 +0000

It's s pity to see the end of Air Mauritius. As a lot of you said, incompetent , mismanagement and greed has played a big part in this. What I don't understand is how come Air Mauritius do not have the capacity to stay afloat! Surely it's been only 1 month or so after complete lockdown. What happened to the reserve float that all companies must hold to sustain uncertainties and staff unpaid leaves? I always complain when I purchase my tickets every year Aust/Mru/Aust because they charge an arm and a leg due to their monopoly! Bring back Air Maurice! Remember Harry Saminaden?

kris — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:29:13 +0000

even if an investor offered to buy Air Mauritius any offer would be refused because our prime minister will want something for his pocket first, very bad management for the Airline, incompetent staff who seem to be rewarded for their incompetents, very bad decision making, its not just Air Mauritius but other companies such as Maubank which I remember resently had many offers but due to greed lies and deception the buyers walked away, all these is due to agreement between the management and our PM.

Hamidkhan — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 05:30:27 +0000

This is the result of incompetency at the helm of the company coupled with overambitious blindness. The quality of service had gone down while ticket costs were not competitive. The recent acquisition of 6 Airbus A350 was irresponsible when tourism was on the downturn as other destinations in Africa become more attractive. I could see this outcome coming, as the company was taking the same turn as Air Afrique. Will MK survive? It should not in its current configuration and management.

Stephen Morrissey — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 02:34:51 +0000

Mauritius is indeed a beautiful country. We went 4 years ago but flew Air France because of the horrible reviews of Air Mauritius on the web at the time. AF were fantastic providing us with upgrades from PE to business on this long journey from CDG. We will return to visit the lovely people we met there.

DN10 — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:16:32 +0000

Have been surprised that Qatar doesn't have a direct route to Mauritius

Other Nick — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:42:50 +0000

I was scheduled to fly them on the non-stop from Delhi in October - does anyone know what happens to existing tickets under these circumstances? I'm wondering if I'll have to cancel my entire trip... man I was really looking forward to this one, too, as I've heard such wonderful things about Mauritius. Any advice from this super savvy and well connected OMAAT community?