Travel news Réunion
Please remember to register on this website, so we can send you your dose of travel news customized as per your requirements.
With the partial reopening of the Mauritian sky to international flights, many airlines are returning to the destination. This is the case of Kenya Airways which has announced its return to the Indian Ocean country from next week.
The airline of the SkyTeam alliance, Kenya Airways will resume its services to Mauritius from… read more
The first of the three A220s for Air Austral, France’s La Réunion Island-based airline, has been delivered from the Airbus A220 Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Mirabel, Canada. The second and third aircraft are expected to join the Air Austral fleet in the coming days.
Airbus is delighted to welcome Air Austral as a new Airbus customer and op… read more
Air Mauritius resumed its international operations last week with the partial reopening of the country's air borders, effective since 15 July. The carrier is now in the process of gradually rebuilding its pre-pandemic network.
Air Mauritius will re-establish links with London, England in early October. The Mauritian airline plans to off… read more
The Mauritian government has announced the gradual reopening of the borders of its sister island with the first phase from July 15 until September 30, allowing international tourists who have received a complete vaccination schedule to stay in hotels on the island.
After several months of suspension and with the agreement of the French and… read more
Following our highly successful SPOTLIGHT VIRTUAL TRAVELEXPO’S in
September, November and February, we are pleased to announce our next Spotlight Virtual on 28 & 29 July.
The July Spotlight Virtual will promote ALL African countries as well as the Indian Ocean islands: Seychelles, Mauritius, Maldives… read more
Africa isn’t a continent that gets a huge amount of attention for aviation, which is a shame. This year, there are over 31 million round-trip seats (non-stop and one-stop) planned from the rest of the world to sub-Saharan Africa, for instance all areas below North Africa. While Ethiopian Airlines is predictably the la… read more
The future and revival of the Mauritian carrier depends on this much awaited and decisive meeting. A rescue plan will be discussed to stop the financial haemorrhage which has weakened the airline year after year. The reopening of borders is also a major issue as for the time being there are only cargo and repatriation flights.
Air Maurit… read more
“The hardest period of the crisis is certainly behind us. Our teams are ready for restart”, says Chairman and CEO Marie-Joseph Malé.
He underlines that despite a particularly difficult year, the airline has demonstrated its ability to adapt in a complex context like other insular economies depending on air connectivity for travelling, to… read more
With the support of the French health authorities (DSAC OI, ARS and SAMU), the airline had undertaken a technical and operational feasibility study to operate long-haul flights for evacuation. This aims at unclogging health services in Reunion Island and Mayotte (Indian Ocean).
These operations require specific know-h… read more
The Lyonnais will be able to explore Reunion Island (and Mayotte) starting from next summer. In
order to facilitate access to the Indian Ocean for the inhabitants of
the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Corsair will offer a program of
flights from Lyon to Réunion twice a week from June… read more
Kenya Airways returns to Mauritius with weekly flight
Indian Ocean based Air Austral becomes first French Airbus A220 operator (days before Air France)
Air Mauritius to return to London in October
Buyer registration opens for Spotlight Africa & Indian Ocean Virtual TravelExpo
The top 10 non-African airlines in Africa
Réunion Island from Lyon starting from summer 2021
