Airlines Air Mauritius and Kenya Airways expand cooperation

With the newly expanded cooperation, Air Mauritius will place its airline code as a codeshare partnership on Kenya Airways operated flights between Port Louis, capital of Mauritius, and Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. Kenya Airways already uses the previous codeshare agreement to place its code on three weekly Air Mauritius flights between Nairobi and Mauritius.

Over the course of the cooperation, Kenya Airways has commenced flights to Mauritius in early June 2018.

Air Mauritius CEO, Somas Appavou said: “This agreement is in line with the country’s Vision 2030 and our network strategy to tap into the emerging opportunities in Africa. Kenya Airways is a strong player on the continent and has a solid network that can give us better access to East Africa, Central Africa and very soon to the USA. We value our partnership with Kenya Airways and are happy to have taken it to another level.”

In December 2017, Air Mauritius CEO, Somas Appavou and Kenya Airways CEO, Sebastian Mikosz had signed an MOU to deepen their partnership.

Air Mauritius is the national carrier of the Republic of Mauritius. It was founded in 1967 and operates with a fleet of 14 aircraft. The carrier offers international and domestic flights with two Airbus A350-900, five A340-300, two A330-200, two A319-100 and three ATR72-500. Air Mauritius operates flights to 24 destinations on various continents.

Kenya Airways is the flag carrier airline of Kenya and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. The airline is member in the SkyTeam alliance and was founded in 1977. The fleet consists of 34 aircraft, including twelve Boeing 737, seven B787-8 and 15 Embraer 190. Kenya Airways flies to 53 destinations in 41 countries.