Hong Kong Airlines (HX, Hong Kong International) is joining a growing number of Asian carriers eager to tap into the African market following reports it will begin flights to Mauritius early next year.
The Mauritian Minister of Tourism, Xavier-Luc Duval, told Zinfos 974 news that the HNA Group subsidiary's service would replace that of China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou), which ceased flights to the Indian Ocean island last year.
Hong Kong Airlines currently serves seventeen destinations in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Turkey, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, Cambodia, the Northern Mariana Islands, Singapore, and South Korea
According to the ch-aviation route database, Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) is the only operator to offer direct flights between Mauritius and Hong Kong International offering a 2x weekly return service.
As previously reported, AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur International) will begin its own three times weekly flights from Kuala Lumpur to Mauritius later next month using A330-300 equipment.
