Re: TAP A330-300 Special Liveries

SpaceshipDC10 wrote:

I wish they would paint one in this retro livery...

dash500 wrote:

Love that livery... homemade by TAP!

Re: Airports Council International releases list of best airports for 2016

Not usually a fan of these rankings (well this one's slightly better than the godawful skytrax) but nice to see MRU as 'best' airport in Africa with over 2 million passengers per year. It's a gem of an airport!

Re: Smoking Ban, when was it implemented?

I vividly remember as a 7 year old we flew MK from LHR to MRU and were put in the 'smoking' section (though my parents didn't smoke). It was a terrible 12 hours. I remember as late as 2001 smoking carriages on UK trains, which inevitably meant all carriages smelt of smoke. I too cannot believe smoki...

Re: KLM/Air Mauritius announce AMS-MRU

There have been rumours about Norwegian in Mauritius and I saw this a while ago: http://news.voyage-ile-maurice.info/ile-maurice/ile-maurice-la-compagnie-norvegienne-low-cost-norwegian-airlines-souhaite-faire-atterrir-ses-appareils-sur-le-tarmac-de-laeroport-de-plaisance/ There doesn't seem to be mu...

Re: KLM/Air Mauritius announce AMS-MRU

Fantastisch nieuws! I think this is the first time AMS and MRU have been connected directly. Mauritius, the long lost Dutch colony will be linked with the Netherlands once more :) This flight will surely attract customers from a wide catchment area (Netherlands, Flanders, the UK outside of London, N...

Re: BA at MAN

The catchment areas of the big metropolitan airports like MAN and BHX now benefit from passengers who are more aware of other options, and readily book them. That slog down to Heathrow in the car or on a National Express bus isn't seemingly mandatory any more. The real gainers (apart from the ME3+1...

Re: BA Long Haul - Gatwick

I know BA has placed many of its long haul 'holiday' routes (Indian Ocean, Caribbean) at LGW. But as someone who doesn't live in the south east of England I find it so frustrating! I recently went to MRU. I checked out BA to fly from MAN (via London of course) and realised that BA doesn't serve LGW ...

Re: MIA-VRB-TPA-MIA 1972- Electra and 727-200

Classic indeed, really enjoyed this

wingsofman72 wrote:

Boarding was naturally at ground level

Re: KEF-HKG: Unserved route of the week

the scheduled charters like Thomson 787 HEL-MRU once every two weeks is a way to get your exotic (package) holiday with lower price Without wanting to derail the topic - I took Thomson's 787 MAN-MRU-MAN over Xmas and paid £400 return (I saw it as cheap as £319 return at one point - amazing price co...

Re: Johannesburg to Mauritius on Air Austral, via Reunion

How was the weather in December? When is the best time to go? I was there in December/January and the sea was nice and warm. But for me, I only go early in the morning or in the late afternoon; during the day it is too hot. Though of course each person has their own temperature thresholds for swimm...

Re: Johannesburg to Mauritius on Air Austral, via Reunion

Hi nice TR! Mauritius looking resplendent as ever! I also flew to MRU once via RUN (from CDG) and had the same impressions of the airport in St. Denis - it got very crowded when there were 2 flights to Paris at the same time and very limited catering and I remember very hard uncomfortable seats...th...

Re: Remote Island Paradise - Lord Howe Island, Australia - Tasman Sea South Pacific | QF QantasLink Dash 8 -200 - Part 1

Wow what a fantastic TR...Lord Howe looks beautiful. Last time I was in Australia I decided to go to Norfolk for a long weekend over Lord Howe...so if there's a next time I'm down under, I'll def try to visit Lord Howe!

Re: SQ Capital Express Inaugural SIN-CBR-WLG-CBR in J

Great report, I enjoyed reading it! I really liked Canberra Airport when I was there last year I hope they can make this a success with SQ. Love AUS and NZ, I wish I lived closer, so great to see this!

Air Mauritius New Destinations: CAN, MPM, DAR

I didn't see this anywhere on the forum yet so apologies if already posted. Air Mauritius have started flights to two new destinations - MPM and DAR. This will bring <acronym title="Air Mauritius">MK</acronym>'s number of African destinations to 10. They will be operated as so: <acronym title="Mauri...

RE: Best Aircraft/Livery Combination

Great topic! My faves are... Australian Airlines (short lived livery but beautiful) on the 767: <br/><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/photo/Australian-Airlines/Boeing-767-338-ER/1130225/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/photo/Australian-Airl...

RE: Beijing Capital Airlines BHX - PEK & PVG

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SCQ83" class="quote" target="_blank">SCQ83</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>and maybe some "cute" town like Bath or Coventry...

RE: St Helena Island Airport Opening Soon (pictures)

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/theearlybird" class="quote" target="_blank">theearlybird</a> (<a href="#91" class="quote">Reply 91</a>):<br/><i>It's on the the very same blog. ...

RE: St Helena Island Airport Opening Soon (pictures)

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/theearlybird" class="quote" target="_blank">theearlybird</a> (<a href="#89" class="quote">Reply 89</a>):<br/><i>Did anybody see the update on th...

RE: St Helena Island Airport Opening Soon (pictures)

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/blooBirdie" class="quote" target="_blank">blooBirdie</a> (<a href="#76" class="quote">Reply 76</a>):<br/><i>Great picture of <acronym title="Azz...

RE: First 787 For Air Austral Is Here

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/sturmovik" class="quote" target="_blank">sturmovik</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>That looks like it was made with MSPaint...

RE: First 787 For Air Austral Is Here

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/scbriml" class="quote" target="_blank">scbriml</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Wow. What the heck happened to the tail?</i>...

RE: Busiest Long-haul Destinations From MAN?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/David_itl" class="quote" target="_blank">David_itl</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i>1. Dubai 2. Islamabad 3. Hong Kong 4. ...

RE: Connecting In SNA

Thanks very much both for your replies, much appreciated!

Connecting In SNA

Hi I was looking at booking a flight from <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>-<acronym title="Mexico City (- Licenciado Benito Juarez International) (MEX / MMMX), Mexico">MEX</acronym>. The cheapest option I have seen is on Southwest, <acronym ...

RE: Air Seychelles Starting China

Probably for Chinese tourists? I don't think there are currently any direct flights from China to SEZ. Compared to <acronym title="Mauritius - Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International (Plaisance) (MRU / FIMP), Mauritius">MRU</acronym> where <acronym title="Air Mauritius">MK</acronym> have direct flig...

Fiji To SFO?

That's a great image on their Facebook page, from Fiji to <acronym title="STAF Airlines (Argentina)">SF</acronym>... Fiji really is stunningly beautiful, good luck to <acronym title="Air Pacific (Fiji)">FJ</acronym> on this new route <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td...

RE: A Corsair 747 On The Horizon: Orly To La Réunion

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ronerone" class="quote" target="_blank">ronerone</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>And like a beached whale dumped on the sho...

RE: Laker Airways?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/cougar15" class="quote" target="_blank">cougar15</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>and a third time out of the Bahamas if I...

RE: BA Flies JER-LGW, Why Not LHR?

Did AF or any other French regional airline ever serve Jersey? There doesn't seem to be a service to France today. Is there no demand or I guess the demand there is use a ferry service from Cherbourg?

RE: China Southern Quit Africa Again

The number of Chinese tourists to Mauritius is growing fast, and many Mauritians go to China for business. <acronym title="Air Mauritius">MK</acronym> fly to <acronym title="Beijing - Capital (PEK / ZBAA), China">PEK</acronym>, <acronym title="Shanghai - Pudong International (PVG / ZSPD), China">PVG...

RE: Air Austral Removes 777-200LR From Service, Why

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jfk777" class="quote" target="_blank">jfk777</a> (<a href="#27" class="quote">Reply 27</a>):<br/><i>I said "it probably wouldn't work" so why ar...

RE: Air Austral Removes 777-200LR From Service, Why

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jfk777" class="quote" target="_blank">jfk777</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i>The 777LR was the plane they were going to f...

RE: Jet Airways To Close BRU Hub

It was quite nice to see the Jet Airways fleet in <acronym title="Brussels - National (Zaventem) / Melsbroek (BRU / EBBR / EBMB), Belgium">BRU</acronym> in the mornings...however, even better to hear <acronym title="OLD: Sabena (Belgium), NEW: SN Brussels Airlines (Belgium)">SN</acronym> may start <...

RE: What's The Most "exotic" Airport You've Flown

In 1992 when I was 10 years old I flew with my Dad from <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> to <acronym title="Mauritius - Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International (Plaisance) (MRU / FIMP), Mauritius">MRU</acronym>, via <acronym title="Marseille - Pr...

RE: YVR-SFO Connecting In LAX - Question

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rta" class="quote" target="_blank">rta</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>You will clear U.S. customs and immigration in Canad...

YVR-SFO Connecting In LAX - Question

Sorry if this has been asked before (I did a search and found similar topics but not specifically this question). I have been booked by work for a flight <acronym title="Vancouver - International (YVR / CYVR), Canada - British Columbia">YVR</acronym>-<acronym title="San Francisco - International (SF...