Can you get a direct flight to Mauritius from London?
Air Mauritius and British Airways fly direct from London to Mauritius Island.
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British Airways and TUI both fly direct from London Gatwick (LGW) to Mauritius, while Air Mauritius flies direct from London Heathrow (LHR) with a flight time of just under 12 hours.
There are no direct flights from the US and Canada to Mauritius; it takes around 24 hours to reach Mauritius from New York City, for example. The best options are via London or a continental European city such as Paris.
British Airways and TUI both fly direct from London Gatwick (LGW) to Mauritius, while Air Mauritius flies direct from London Heathrow (LHR) with a flight time of just under 12 hours.
British Airways offers three non-stop flights a week to Mauritius (Mon, Thu and Sat) from London Gatwick on Boeing 777 aircraft with a flight time of around 12 hours.
London Gatwick to Mauritius FlightsThe fastest direct flight from London Gatwick to Mauritius takes 12 hours. The flight distance between London Gatwick and Mauritius is 6,054 miles (or 9,743 km).
Mauritius is an island in the Indian Ocean, so you will need to catch a flight to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in Mauritius or arrive by cruise ship, which will dock in our capital city of Port Louis.
“We are proud to begin daily operations to London Gatwick from 29 October. This strategic move allows Air Mauritius to meet increasing demand on this historical route while using its most environmentally friendly types of aircraft, such as the Airbus A350-900 and the A330-900 neo.
Mauritius can be very expensive if you stick to the hotels, especially 4 star upwards. Supermarket prices are the same as here, and rising with oil prices, so even basics are not as cheap as they were. A lot of people on the forum complain about the rip off prices in euros that hotels charge, and they are right.
However, the most agreeable times to visit the island are from April to June and from September to December to avoid the peak of summer and winter, the only two seasons in Mauritius. Summer in Mauritius lasts from October to April, no spring unlike Europe, with sunlight from 5:30 am to 7 pm at the peak of the season.