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If Air Austral, through a partnership with Air Madagascar, has set foot on the Big Island, Air Mauritius is looking towards the Comoros.
At the General Assembly of the Mauritian national company on July 12, CEO Somas Appavou unveiled the outlines of a partnership to get out Karthala Airways cartons.
The project dates back to 2006. Several foreign airlines have looked into the matter but failed to make it happen. On March 14, Air Mauritius and the Government of Comoros signed a memorandum of understanding. The approach is closer to the one that led in April 2017, Air Austral to be chosen by Air Madagascar as a strategic partner before a formal MoU in October 2017. Just recently Air Austral and Air Madagascar signed yesterday a memorandum with Kenya Airways. to lay the foundations for a privileged partnership between the three companies.
Air Mauritius will bring its expertise to bear on the baptismal funds Karthala Airways. According to the CEO of the Mauritian national company, things are already well advanced since the future Comorian company would have initiated steps to obtain a certificate of air transport sesame essential to the beginning of operations.
Ai Mauritius has other irons fire. It is in discussion with South African Airways, Kenya Airways and Rwandair to form what could be the first African alliance of airlines to the certainly smaller image of Skyteam or Oneworld. On July 6, Air Mauritius will inaugurate a line Wuhan Plaisance Airbus A340. Air Mauritius had interrupted last April the service to Guangzhou.
Alain Dupuis
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