Airports in Mauritius

There are a number of five airports in Mauritius. Two of the airports are paved while the other three are unpaved. Care is considered to see that the airports in Mauritius fit international standards. The flights from the Mauritius airport play a very crucial role in joining Mauritius to the important cities of the world. Though there are several means by which you will be able to travel to Mauritius, how ever flying is the cheapest as well as the quickest mode of transportation.
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, situated in Plaine Magnien, is among the most operative airports in Mauritius.

Actually it’s Mauritius’s lone international airport. The common airlines in operation from the airport are Air Mauritius,British Airways, Eurofly, Air France, Emirates,Corsairfly, Air Zimbabwe, and LTU International. The airport telephone number is 230-603-2000. A few of the facilities provided by the airport agencies at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport include:

Air Mauritius Lounge
5 restaurants (Embalaba, Voyage a la Carte,Le Village,  Embalao, Le Bar du Voyageur)
Flower boutique
Handicraft store
Book shop
The Mauritius Commercial Bank
AML Lounge
HSBC banking facility
State Bank
Two nontaxable shop named Made in Mauritius & Mauritius nontaxable Paradise

Plain Coral Airport is yet another important paved airport in Mauritius, founded in 1972,. It’s located in south-eastern Rodrigues Island. Originally it was founded as the national ground of Air Mauritius flights. But due to the expansion of tourism in Mauritius it led the a greater inflow of tourists to Mauritius. Consequently the Plain Coral Airport was similarly expanded so that it could serve bigger a number of people.  In Mauritius the unpaved airports  are seasonal & operate during the summer and  spring seasons. Most home flight in Mauritius operate from the unpaved airports . The paved along with the unpaved airports in Mauritius play an vital role in Mauritius transportation system.