Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) chief executive Somaskaran Appavou has told Air Transport World that the airline is planning to conclude a narrowbody replacement study by the end of this year with the B737 MAX and A320neo aircraft families currently under consideration.
The ch-aviation fleets database currently shows that Air Mauritius's narrowbody fleet consists of two owned A319-100s with an average age of 15.4 years. It uses its A319 fleet for regional services from its Mauritius hub to Antananarivo, Cape Town International, Dar es Salaam, Durban King Shaka, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo and Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta.
Having just taken delivery of its first of six A350-900s and with two A330-900neo aircraft on order, Air Mauritius has already chosen to go with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for its widebody needs. Appavou also mentioned an interest in the A321neo LR as part of the current narrowbody study being undertaken.
