TUI extends its flights connections to Mauritius

After the inaugural flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from London Gatwick Airport to Mauritius on the 28thof April 2014, Thomson Airways - the UK's third largest airline - is now extending its Mauritian connection to the Scandinavian market, with two flights per week. one from Sweden-Stockholm and one from Finland-Helsinki with an additional planned flight from Denmark-Copenhagen for the European Winter season of 2015/16.

The first direct flight from Sweden-Stockholm landed this morning at the SSR international airport at 8:15am with 269 passengers on board.  

 

Mrs Eivor Andersson, CEO of TUI Nordic , stated on this occasion:  “We are very proud to be back in Mauritius and especially as we are finally able to have a direct flight with our Dreamliner B-787 from Stockholm & Helsinki to Mauritius. We are greatly satisfied with our forward booking situation as we are at this moment looking at a load factor of 95% for the whole season – which is remarkable as our joint marketing efforts together with  the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority and the hotel partners in Mauritius has really paid off. And with such results we have now decided to add one more direct flight to Mauritius from Copenhagen which will take effect as from next winter season.” 

 

Furthermore, Mrs Eivor Anderson added that; “the aim of TUI Nordic is to establish a long term destination to Mauritius and a solid repeated customer base together with the local partners.  To succeed we therefore do need a stable price development and of course great customer feedback which we are sure that our partners in Mauritius will deliver during the next coming months.”

 

For Philippe Hitié, Managing Director of SummerTimes: “This clearly demonstrates the commitment of TUI Group towards our destination, which is becoming increasingly popular from major source markets. I wish to take this opportunity to thank all our partners, public & private sectors for their valuable support in order to successfully increase the airlift and our Tourists arrivals to Mauritius, which is indeed in great demand, whilst adding obvious benefits to our Mauritian Tourism Industry at large.”