Getting to Mauritius: By plane

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Air Mauritius is the national carrier. By Fluglotse2000.

The Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU), ☎ +230 603 6000 (airportinfo@aml.mru.aero, fax: +230 637 5306), mauritius-airport.intnet.mu. at Plaisance is the major gateway for travelers coming from abroad.

• Air Mauritius www.airmauritius.com is the home carrier and operates a network of routes to the local islands and to international destinations in Africa, Australia, Europe and Asia.
• Regional airlines Air Austral www.air-austral.com, Air Madgascar and Air Seychelles www.airseychelles.net connect Mauritius with the surrounding islands.
• International airlines such as Air Europe, Air France www.airfrance.com, Emirates www.emirates.com, Virgin Airlines, Air Zimbabwe, Austrian Airlines www.aua.com, British Airways www.ba.com, Condor, South African Airways and Air India www.airindia.com all serve Mauritius from their home bases.

Visitors are required to provide accommodation details to the immigration service on arrival. If you arrive in Mauritius from a country where malaria is endemic, you may receive a visit from the government health service and be required to give a blood sample for malaria screening. Some airlines may refuse boarding if the passenger's passport has 6 months, or less, validity remaining from the return date, leading to monetary loss for the passenger.

• Beau Bois, in Savanne District
• Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, an airport in Grand Port District