Rearrangement continues at Air Mauritius

Drastic measures, applied since January, just for the first month of the year, turned into Rs 4 million for the national airline. 

The management of Air Mauritius provides additional revenues hovering around Rs 100 million during the next fiscal year starting in April 2011. In fact, to be sure you have a business class seat, some passengers are forced to pay a high price. A business class ticket costs about three times more expensive than economy class ticket. 

Others try their chances at the airport. At check-in, if places are available in business class, Air Mauritius allows upgrading for money. This upgrade costs about half of a economy ticket. For example, if a passenger has paid an economy ticket to London for the sum of Rs 40 000, Air Mauritius is claiming around Rs 20 000 for a seat in business class. 

This policy of restraint has been applied to curb abuses in the practice of upgrading. In fact, a member of the board had granted the facility to fifty passengers in a few weeks. They are businessmen, people who revolve around the political groups.

According to an expert in revenue management, the upgrading is immoral like an any form of corruption. 

The Executive Committee of Air Mauritius is also determined to put some order in the allocation of free tickets. This instance is intrigued by the granting of 10 tickets to a group of musicians recently