Editing Air Mauritius (section)

===Fleet modernisation===
[[File:Air Mauritius Boeing 767-200ER 3B-NAL HKG 2006-9-4.png|thumb|An Air Mauritius Boeing 767-200ER on approach to [[Hong Kong International Airport]] in 2006. The airline received two aircraft of the type in April 1988.<ref name="range" />]]

Valued at {{US$|122|link=yes}}&nbsp;million and financed by a group of banks that included [[Barclays]], [[BNP Paribas|BNP]], [[Crédit Lyonnais]] and the Spectrum Bank,<ref name="FI1988-10" /> the company took delivery of two [[Boeing 767-200ER]]s in April 1988.<ref name="range" /> These aircraft were named "City of Port Louis" and "City of Curepipe".<ref name="range" /> One of them set a record-breaking distance for commercial twinjets on 18 April 1988, when it flew non-stop from [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] to Mauritius, covering a distance of almost {{convert|9000|mi|km}} in less than 17 hours.<ref name="range" /><ref name="FI1988-2" /><ref name="Boeing">{{cite web|title=Boeing 7-Series – Fast Facts: Boeing 767 |url=http://www.boeing.com/news/feature/sevenseries/767.html |publisher=[[Boeing]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512042645/http://www.boeing.com/news/feature/sevenseries/767.html |archive-date=12 May 2012 |quote=On 18 April 1988, an Air Mauritius 767-200ER set a new distance record for commercial twinjets--flying 8,727 statute miles (14,042 kilometers) from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Mauritius in 16 hours and 27 minutes. |url-status=dead }}</ref> A contract worth {{US$|8.9}}&nbsp;million including [[spare part]]s for these two Boeing 767s had been signed a year earlier.<ref name="FI1987-32" /> Also in 1988, a Boeing 707 was leased from Air Swazi Cargo to operate freighter services, and the first ATR-42 started revenue flights in December, replacing the Twin Otters on inter-island services.{{sfn|Guttery|1998|p=125}} A second ATR-42 was ordered in September 1989.<ref name="FI1989-17" />

By March 1990, the route network included [[Ivato International Airport|Antananarivo]], Bombay, Durban, [[Geneva Airport|Geneva]], [[Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport|Harare]], [[Kai Tak Airport|Hong Kong]], Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London, [[Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport|Moroni]], [[Munich Airport|Munich]], Nairobi, Paris, Reunion, Rodrigues, Rome, Singapore and Zürich.<ref>{{cite journal|title=World airline directory – Air Mauritius |journal=[[Flight International]] |volume=137 |number=4207 |date=14–20 March 1990 |page=58 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200710.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731131301/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200710.html |archive-date=31 July 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> A new route to [[Perth Airport|Perth]] was inaugurated in December 1991.<ref>Air Maurituius to Australia ''[[Australian Aviation]]'' issue 72 November 1991 page 6</ref> Named "Paille en Queue" and leased from [[International Lease Finance Corporation]] (ILFC), the first [[Airbus A340-300]] entered the fleet in May 1994; following delivery, a Boeing 747SP that was on lease from SAA was returned.{{sfn|Guttery|1998|p=125}} The airline became the first in the [[Southern Hemisphere]] to fly the [[A340-300]].<ref name="Airbus" /> A second A340-300, named "Pink Pigeon" and purchased directly from Airbus, was handed over by the aircraft manufacturer in October. Services to [[Brussels]] and [[Cape Town]] were launched in July and November of that year. Also leased from ILFC and named "Kestrel", Air Mauritius' third A340-300 joined the fleet in April 1995.{{sfn|Guttery|1998|p=125}} The airline started trading on the [[Stock Exchange of Mauritius]] during the year.<ref name="FI2000-63" /> In 1996, the last Boeing 747SP was sold to [[Qatar Airways]] and direct flights to [[Manchester Airport|Manchester]] were launched.{{sfn|Guttery|1998|p=125}}