KLM has officially announced that it will be adding a new long haul route effective 30OCT17 as the carrier looks into tapping niche holiday destinations popular with EU travelers.

The new route is Mauritius-Amsterdam nonstop operated 3 times per week using a Boeing 787-9 with the below mentioned schedule:

Days: 1/4/6

KL 501 Dep AMS 1720 Arr MRU 0735+1
KL 5020 Dep MRU 0945 Arr AMS 1835

Comments:

Excellent move by KLM as currently, the EU-MRU market is dominated by EK mainly via DXB with their double daily A380 service.

Demand in 2016 to/from EU to MRU was good especially to London and Paris which were as follows:

CDG/ORY – 370,000
LHR/LGW – 224,000
FRA – 75,000
GVA – 42,000
MUC – 39,000
MXP – 38,000
ZRH – 32,000
FCO – 28,000
VIE – 26,000
MAN – 26,000
NCE – 21,000
BHX – 19,000
DUS – 18,000
AMS – 17,000
BRU – 15,000