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Before You Travel

Checked Baggage
Before packing your baggage, we strongly recommend you consider the following:
  • The free baggage allowance on Air Mauritius is as follows:
International Flights
Business Class 30 Kgs
Economy Class 23 Kgs
Inter Island Services
Mauritus-Rodrigues 15 Kgs
  • If you have a connecting on another carrier different rules and conditions may apply.
  • Certain airports, including Mauritius, restrict the weight of any single piece of baggage to 32kg for health and safety reasons.
  • Although we take reasonable care in handling you baggage, it must be strong enough to withstand normal handling.
  • Your bag should bear a clearly visible tag or sticker with your name and ideally your telephone number.
Cabin Baggage
For your own safety and comfort, the number and size of baggage you may carry into the cabin is limited.
  • Economy class passengers are allowed one piece of hand baggage (Business two pieces) weighing not more than 7kg
  • The sum of the length, width and height must not exceed 115cm
  • In addition we will also accept a reasonable amount of duty free, personal articles and a laptop
Restricted items
Due to the specific conditions in flight and nature of air travel, authorities restrict the carriage of certain items. These fall in two categories: Please check both categories before packing your baggage

Liquids, Aerosols and Gels
Click here for details

Fragile items
Please avoid packing fragile items in your Checked baggage

Our liability for damage to fragile items is limited. Click here



Valuable items
We recommend you pack valuable items in your cabin baggage and keep them with you at all times.
Should you decide to pack them in your checked baggage, it is advisable you contract additional insurance cover as our liability is strictly limited. Click here

Medication
If you need to carry medication, we recommend you :
  • Place them in your hand baggage
  • Carry prescriptions as it may be required by security or customs officials.
  • For liquids and gels click here
Security
You are responsible for the contents of your baggage. If you accept an item from someone else, make sure you know the exact contents thereof.
Lock your baggage* and do not leave it unattended until checked in.
* except when travel from/to USA

Passport and Visa
For international travel you require a passport, we recommend that it is valid for at least 6 months. Some States would require one blank visa page in your passport.
Some States require you obtain a visa and/or health certificate before travelling.
It is your responsibility to be in possession of all necessary documents.
Air Mauritius Reservations or your travel agent may provide you with advice of such requirements.

Travelling with Pets
Your pets will be carried as checked baggage subject to the following:
  • Prior reservation is made
  • Animal is housed in a crate complying with IATA live animals regulations.
  • Documentary requirements of states are complied with.
  • Applicable excess baggage is paid (except for service animals)
For applicable Conditions of Carriage click here

Advance seat reservations
On all Air Mauritius flights you have the possibility to reserve seats at the time of reservations.
Whilst we will endeavour to allocate that seat to you, we reserve the right to assign a different seat to you without prior notice.
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