Editing Air Mauritius (section)

==Corporate affairs==
===Key people===
{{As of|2019|March}}, [[Dev Manraj]] held the [[chairman]] position, and Buton Indradev was the officer in charge.<ref name="Board of Directors">{{cite web|url=https://new.airmauritius.com/docs/default-source/financial-reports/annualreport181999b4c8690ee442c4b9526f082eb21d10.pdf?sfvrsn=92d5a564_4|title=Board of Directors|publisher=Air Mauritius|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523135836/https://www.airmauritius.com/boarddirectors.htm|archive-date=23 May 2018}}</ref> [[Dev Manraj]] was a key figure in the [[Mauritius Commercial Bank#Controversy: Mauritius Commercial Bank / National Pensions Fund Scandal|MCB-NPF financial scandal]] which came to light in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Etienne |first1=Pauline |title=An intricate saga |date=17 February 2004 |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/intricate-saga |publisher=[[L'Express]]|access-date=2004-02-17 |archive-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309061004/http://www.lexpress.mu/article/intricate-saga |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2022, Krešimir Kučko, former [[Croatia Airlines]] and [[Gulf Air]] CEO, was appointed CEO of Air Mauritius. However, in September 2023 CEO Kučko and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Laval Ah Chip were both stood down after an investigation which revealed that they had enjoyed free holidays paid for by a supplier of Air Mauritius. CEO Kučko was replaced by Charles Cartier in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Croatia Airlines boss becomes new Air Mauritius CEO |date=1 December 2022 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/12/former-croatia-airlines-boss-confirmed.html |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2022-12-07 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207151833/https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/12/former-croatia-airlines-boss-confirmed.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Air Mauritius Appoints New CEO After Weathering Pandemic |date=6 December 2022 |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airlines-lessors/air-mauritius-appoints-new-ceo-after-weathering-pandemic#:~:text=Former%20Gulf%20Air%20CEO%20Kre%C5%A1imir,appointed%20CEO%20of%20Air%20Mauritius. |publisher=Aviation Week |access-date=2022-12-07 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207151835/https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airlines-lessors/air-mauritius-appoints-new-ceo-after-weathering-pandemic#:~:text=Former%20Gulf%20Air%20CEO%20Kre%C5%A1imir,appointed%20CEO%20of%20Air%20Mauritius. |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Nathoo |first1=Reshma |title=Lakwizinn gênée et le PM mécontent |date=18 May 2024 |url=https://lexpress.mu/s/lakwizinn-genee-et-le-pm-mecontent-534703 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>

{{as of|alt= At April 2025|2025|4}}, the chair position was held by Kishore Beegoo.<ref name="Air Mauritius secures $176mn loan-to-equity conversion" />

===Ownership and subsidiaries===
Air Mauritius was the first Mauritian company with its majority owned by the state that made its shares public. Listing was granted in November 1994 and share trading on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius commenced in February 1995.<ref name="Annual Report 2017/18" />{{rp|170}} {{As of|2018|3|31}}, shareholders having more than 5% of direct participation in the airline were Air Mauritius Holdings Ltd. (51%) and the Government of Mauritius (8%), while other investors held the remaining stake.<ref name="Annual Report 2017/18" />{{rp|153}} Air Mauritius Holdings Ltd. was in turn majority owned (44%) by the Mauritian Government.<ref name="Annual Report 2017/18" />{{rp|164}}

===Business trends===
The key trends for Air Mauritius over recent years are shown below (as at year ending 31 March):
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
|-
!
! 2007
! 2008
! 2009
! 2010
! 2011
! 2012
! 2013
! 2014
! 2015
! 2016
! 2017
! 2018
! 2019
|-
| align="left"| Turnover ([[Euro|EUR]]m)
| 414.2
| 448.1
| 445.6
| 371.7
| 436.0
| 453.2
| 452.1
| 461.5
| 465.7
| 488.3
| 494.8
| 514.3
! 499.8
|-
| align="left"| Net Profit (EURm)
| {{color|red|-6.7}}
| 17.0
| {{color|red|-85.5}}
| {{color|red|-6.0}}
| 10.3
| {{color|red|-29.4}}
| {{color|red|-2.5}}
| 8.5
| {{color|red|-22.9}}
| 16.5
| 26.9
| 4.9
! {{color|red|-28.0}}
|-
| align="left"| Number of passengers (000s)
| 1,177
| 1,311
| 1,192
| 1,133
| 1,295
| 1,325
| 1,297
| 1,330
| 1,370
| 1,499
| 1,603
| 1,695
! 1,724
|-
| align="left"| Passenger load factor (%)
| 74.6
| 76.8
| 74.9
| 80.6
| 79.8
| 77.1
| 78.9
| 75.5
| 73.7
| 78.7
| 79.6
| 78.9
! 78.4
|-
| align="left"| Number of aircraft (at year end)
| 12
| 12
| 12
| 12
| 12
| 12
| 12
| 12
| 12
| 13
| 13
| 15
! 12
|-
| align="left"| <small>''Notes/sources''</small>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2006/07">{{cite web|title= Air Mauritius Annual Report 2006/07|url= https://www.marketscreener.com/AIR-MAURITIUS-LIMITED-20700639/pdf/371720/Air%20Mauritius%20Limited_Annual-Report.pdf|access-date= 28 August 2019|archive-date= 28 August 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190828131739/https://www.marketscreener.com/AIR-MAURITIUS-LIMITED-20700639/pdf/371720/Air%2520Mauritius%2520Limited_Annual-Report.pdf|url-status= live}}|accessdate= 28 August 2019</ref>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2007/08">{{cite web|title= Air Mauritius Annual Report 2007/08|url= https://www.marketscreener.com/AIR-MAURITIUS-LTD-20700639/pdf/371721/Air%20Mauritius%20Ltd_Annual-Report.pdf|access-date= 28 August 2019|archive-date= 28 August 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190828131740/https://www.marketscreener.com/AIR-MAURITIUS-LTD-20700639/pdf/371721/Air%2520Mauritius%2520Ltd_Annual-Report.pdf|url-status= live}}|accessdate= 28 August 2019</ref>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2008/09">{{cite web|title= Air Mauritius Annual Report 2008/09|url= https://www.marketscreener.com/AIR-MAURITIUS-LTD-20700639/pdf/371722/Air%20Mauritius%20Ltd_Annual-Report.pdf|access-date= 28 August 2019|archive-date= 28 August 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190828130235/https://www.marketscreener.com/AIR-MAURITIUS-LTD-20700639/pdf/371722/Air%2520Mauritius%2520Ltd_Annual-Report.pdf|url-status= live}}|accessdate= 28 August 2019</ref>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2009/10">{{Cite web|title= Air Mauritius Annual Report 2009/10|publisher= Air Mauritius|date= 18 June 2015|url= https://www.airmauritius.com/investors/annualreport0910.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818020335/https://www.airmauritius.com/investors/annualreport0910.pdf|archive-date= 18 August 2010}}</ref>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2010/11">{{cite web|title= Air Mauritius Annual Report 2010/11|url= https://www.airmauritius.com/aboutus/AnnualReport2010-11.pdf|access-date= 28 August 2019|archive-date= 28 August 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190828130242/https://www.airmauritius.com/aboutus/AnnualReport2010-11.pdf|url-status= live}}|accessdate= 28 August 2019</ref>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2011/12">{{cite web|title= Air Mauritius Annual Report 2011/12|url= https://www.airmauritius.com/aboutus/AnnualReport201112.pdf|access-date= 28 August 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140521073441/http://www.airmauritius.com/aboutus/AnnualReport201112.pdf|archive-date= 21 May 2014|url-status= live}}|accessdate= 28 August 2019</ref>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2012/13">{{cite web|title= Air Mauritius Annual Report 2012/13|url= https://www.airmauritius.com/aboutus/AnnualReport201213.pdf|access-date= 28 August 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140727190542/http://airmauritius.com/aboutus/AnnualReport201213.pdf|archive-date= 27 July 2014|url-status= live}}|accessdate= 28 August 2019</ref>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2013/14"/>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2014/15">{{cite web|title= Air Mauritius Annual Report 2014/15|publisher= Air Mauritius|date= 18 June 2015|url= https://www.airmauritius.com/aboutus/AnnualReport14-15.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181229204604/https://www.airmauritius.com/aboutus/AnnualReport14-15.pdf|archive-date= 29 December 2018}}</ref>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2015/16"/>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2016/17"/>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2017/18"/>
| <ref name="Annual Report 2018/19">{{cite web|title= Air Mauritius Annual Report 2018/19|url= https://www.airmauritius.com/aboutus/AnnualReport1819.pdf|access-date= 12 September 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190912152946/https://www.airmauritius.com/aboutus/AnnualReport1819.pdf|archive-date= 12 September 2019|url-status= live}}|accessdate= 26 August 2019</ref>
|}

===Headquarters===
{{As of|2015|3}}, Air Mauritius had its headquarters at Air Mauritius Centre in [[Port Louis]].<ref name="Timetable">{{cite web|title=Timetable&nbsp;(Effective&nbsp;29 March 2015{{spaced ndash}}24 October 2015) |publisher=Air Mauritius |url=http://www.airmauritius.com/Timetable/TimeTable.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502124943/http://www.airmauritius.com/Timetable/TimeTable.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2016 }}&nbsp;</ref>

===Controversies===
====Caisse Noire====
Air Mauritius was the focus of a politico-financial scandal known as the [[Caisse Noire Affair]]. As a result of the investigation which lasted from 2001 to 2015, several senior members of its management including Gérard Tyack, [[Harry Krishnan Tirvengadum|Harry Tirvengadum]] and others were prosecuted. Tyack was jailed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meetarbhan |first1=Raj |title=Lumière sur la caisse noire |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/idee/lumi%C3%A8re-sur-la-caisse-noire |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2010-11-09 |archive-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628151627/https://www.lexpress.mu/idee/lumi%C3%A8re-sur-la-caisse-noire |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Air Mauritius : le procès contre Harry Tirvengadum va reprendre |date=11 December 2010 |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/comment/24633 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2010-12-11 |archive-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628151438/https://www.lexpress.mu/comment/24633 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Moorlah |first1=Suresh |title=Caisse noire d'Air Mauritius: Robert Rivalland acquitté |date=23 October 2015 |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/270560/caisse-noire-dair-mauritius-robert-rivalland-acquitte |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2015-10-23 |archive-date=24 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024155110/http://www.lexpress.mu/article/270560/caisse-noire-dair-mauritius-robert-rivalland-acquitte |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Complaints about CEO Cartier's family trip====
Employees of Air Mauritius lodged official complaints in May 2024 with the Prime Minister's Office, [[Independent Commission Against Corruption (Mauritius)|ICAC]] about the approval process and discounts received by CEO Charles Cartier and six of his family members who were upgraded to Business Class during a trip to South Africa.

In their letter, these employees recalled that Cartier's predecessor Krešimir Kučko and his Chief Financial Officer, Laval Ah Chip, were stood down in 2023 after being investigated for benefitting from an all-expenses-paid stay in a hotel in France from a leasing company which also happened to be a key supplier of Air Mauritius. Krešimir Kučko was replaced by Charles Cartier after holding the position of CEO for only a few months.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nathoo |first1=Reshma |title=Lakwizinn gênée et le PM mécontent 18 May 2024 |date=18 May 2024 |url=https://lexpress.mu/s/lakwizinn-genee-et-le-pm-mecontent-534703 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jasodanand |first1=Narain |last2=Nathoo |first2=Reshma |title=Voyage au pays des polémiques… 15 May 2024 |date=15 May 2024 |url=https://lexpress.mu/s/voyage-au-pays-des-polemiques-534614 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>

====Former CEO's claim for Rs 19.65 Millions====
Following his dismissal in October 2016 former CEO has been suing Air Mauritius, the most recent being his claim in 2024 for compensation of nearly Rs 20 Million for sick leave, annual leave, bonuses and gratuities, although he only served as CEO for seven months with a monthly salary of Rs 0.75 Million.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nathoo |first1=Reshma |title=Megh Pillay réclame Rs 19 650 561,66 |date=30 May 2024 |url=https://lexpress.mu/s/megh-pillay-reclame-rs-19-650-56166-535079 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>