Air Mauritius A350 Business Class: Paradise in the sky?

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I'm flying Air Mauritius! What does this exotic carrier have to offer when flying their flagship A350 between Johannesburg and Mauritius? Find out what their business class is like in this video.
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0:00 Intro
0:58 Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse
2:36 Mid roll sponsor message
3:32 Boarding
4:07 Air Mauritius A350 business class cabin
5:17 Taxi and takeoff plus routemap
6:45 Seat tour
7:43 Wifi
8:15 Food - dinner service
9:57 Views and IFE review
11:53 Landing, conclusions, fare paid
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Date of Travel: 13 JUNE 2022
Airline: Air Mauritius
Livery: Air mauritius
Route: JNB-MRU
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900XWB
Flight Number: MK 852
Miles: 1,905
Airborne time: 3h31m
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@Paul_Lucas Жыл бұрын

@kachikwuomodia8501 Жыл бұрын

Nice video Paul! Which airline did you take to South Africa?

@shapeoftimes Жыл бұрын

That looks fancy, thank you for showing us around!

@malcolmprice3654 Жыл бұрын

Tweny years ago my wife and I were fortunate to travel back to the UK from the island in first class. (It amused my wife that she had to get up and walk to the back of the seat in front to get the inflight magazine!). Everything about the journey was wonderful. At one point, with the cabin in darkness, the Captain came to my seat an whispered: “Mr Price, if you raise your blind a little you’ll get a great view of Mt Etna in eruption.’ He then quietly returned to the cockpit. Magic!

@malcolmprice3654 Жыл бұрын

Air Mauritius, of course.

@tishamorgan8388 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@Bananaboi1495 Жыл бұрын

Air Mauritius does not have first class

@malcolmprice3654 Жыл бұрын

@@Bananaboi1495 20 years ago it did!

@Al-Pacca 7 ай бұрын

Back in the day, when white-privilege was a given...

@danielconrad399 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I liked the Flixbus video. It's "Chicago Bulls." Basketball. "Red Bulls" are football/soccer in Leipzig, New York notably.

@AndrewTubbiolo Жыл бұрын

It's great to see the crew is not malicious and the food is delicious when flying Air Mauritius.

@WeMuckAround Жыл бұрын

Malicious is an interesting word choice

@EverythingFlight Жыл бұрын

Love the map animation showing the route, and great to see such an unusual destination documented. Great work! ✈

@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын

This was such fun as always! 👏🏽

@MrGreatplum Жыл бұрын

Great review, Paul. When I worked at Kuoni, we used to sell a lot of Air Mauritius and the route that you took as well - it had a good reputation back then as well

@Bad_Karma1968 Жыл бұрын

Great vlog as always Paul

@jetstream_ Жыл бұрын

Love learning more about Air Mauritius. Its definitely on my top countries I want to visit soon. Thanks again for sharing!

@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын

I haven’t seen many Air Mauritius videos, but this seems fun!

@sheilacrosby4894 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for video it was a treat after long day at work

@PED1010 Жыл бұрын

A beautifully designed aircraft the A350 and another brilliant video Paul ! 👍

@patriciafuchs5970 Жыл бұрын

Looks like a fun trip, food looks good, nice review

@TheRareVideosXL Жыл бұрын

What a great video yet again.

@gunvaldsandhaland7757 Жыл бұрын

Love the A350.Great work

@theopinion9452 Жыл бұрын

I don't know how Paul does it but know for sure I would not be the person for the job of constantly flying,editing,keeping up with time zones,family affairs/issues,credit card companies,airline emails,etc..My hat off to you Paul.

@kennymariejeanne4183 Жыл бұрын

Hi Paul welcome to my country. Hope you enjoy your flight with our A350 Pieter Both 🙂✈

@LynneFarr Жыл бұрын

Good video! It was fun seeing you in Geof Marshall's You Tube recently.

@ryanfrisby7389 Жыл бұрын

Great video Paul!😸

@huwlewis9059 Жыл бұрын

Flew Air Mauritius, from Heathrow ten or so years ago. 12 hours each way. Two things I remember: 1) the crew fumigated the cabin about 30 minutes before landing, with gas canisters - to prevent importing unwanted wildlife, 2) on the return trip, about 7 hours in, someone lit up a cigarette at their seat, most bizarre.

@adamgibson7181 Жыл бұрын

I go to Mauritius most years, they still use the canisters

@sp4263 7 ай бұрын

Nice review. Love that you added some out-o-the-window views too. PS hope you had a great trip in Mauritius itself !!

@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын

The Flixbus video was awesome!

@luisstransport Жыл бұрын

Great trip report Paul

@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын

7:11 In-Flight Shopping or Internet. It’s refreshing to see a Contactless Terminal.

@deuter458624 Жыл бұрын

That Flixbus video was an awesome watch 😊

@krugmeister7301 Жыл бұрын

I haven't been to MAURITIUS since 1987...But IT WAS an amazing experience And Flying with LUFTHANSA on the AIRBUS A300-600..😍😍😍🤗🤗

@thegrinder46 Жыл бұрын

Did enjoy the Flixbus video. Very well done.

@Calebs_Aviation Жыл бұрын

Great Vid Paul! Love an A350 review always especially in Business Class and with such a small and unique airline that being Air Mauritius 🇲🇺 so cool!! 😊 Also Paul at 7:15 that contactless payment point is for purchasing airline models, ✈️ wine,🍷 jewelry 💎 and other duty free items that show the prices on the IFE system… Finally I remember seeing the first Comair 🇿🇦 Boeing 737 MAX 8s take their flights to the airline and now they sit unused.. Sad! 😔

@Davehearne43 Жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work

@AE53TZJ Жыл бұрын

ive just come home from there today, ive probaly just missed you!

@rezaalan3991 Жыл бұрын

Great flight

@jamessmith6402 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul that was a lovely video 👍 I live just a few KM from O R Tambo you probably flew over my house a couple of minutes after takeoff

@che2m0n Жыл бұрын

Great vid as always! Was the contactless pad just a wireless charger pad?

@torgeirbrandsnes1916 Жыл бұрын

Great vlog as always! MRU is on my list too! I do not eat chicken ever. From when I started flying stand by in 1978 there was always chicken served in one way or the other on every trip. Strange that I dont have white feathers on my back. Lol! Keep up the good work. Be safe!

@RichardFelstead1949 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@manmeetsinghmahajan6183 Жыл бұрын

Amazing trip

@scottyerkes1867 Жыл бұрын

Very Interesting video. Never been to that part of the world. Excellant service. Nice food. Worth the money. Thank you Paul😀😀💚👌

@krugmeister7301 Жыл бұрын

LOVE THE A350..😍😍😍

@roberthamilton1301 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate

@Lee-sv8su Жыл бұрын

We flew premier class in 2007 to Mauritius it was wonderful the food was great

@jamesedwards3076 Жыл бұрын

Windhoek Lager - takes me back to holidays to Namibia when my Dad worked there!

@GS345650 Жыл бұрын

Maybe stick to buses going forward Paul 🤣🤣🤣 Kidding! Great vid. Also s/o to Chicago! Love to see it

@brendanmortimer6085 Жыл бұрын

Great to see you back on the road! Sorry sky 🙄you know what I mean. Try Perth to Rome or other way, pretty good I am told 👍😎

@robmurphy6077 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@sian2337 Жыл бұрын

The food looks good

@rajeevpushkar Жыл бұрын

Nice vlog 👌👌👌👌

@PatrickKetza Жыл бұрын

As a lifelong Chicagoan... the Chicago WHAT Bulls? Genuinely, they're just the Chicago Bulls. The NY/NJ Major League Soccer team is the Red Bulls. The Chicago NBA team is just the Bulls. But, other than that, awesome video, as always, Paul!

@joermnyc Жыл бұрын

My former co-worker and her husband went to Mauritius from NY for a holiday (they wanted to go somewhere off the beaten path), quite a long flight just to get to South Africa!

@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын

10:49 Omg I love ‘Bones’ and ‘The Flash’!

@jackie6742 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@shaaheenmbuyazi1173 2 ай бұрын

Hi thanks for the content,what software do you use for editing?!

@davidlaforest1624 Жыл бұрын

Looks like you will have to give Dennis Bunnik and Jeff Brooks how to take a proper sip of champagne Paul. Nice video.

@johnanders2090 Жыл бұрын

Love you videos. Why do you touch the airplane and what's the "beep" - as you enter?

@williambutcher7432 Жыл бұрын

First, I love Mauritius, always been cattle class though, but did travel on their 747SP in 1988...secondly I think the London video is from about yr2000 as the Citi group tower is visible in one shot...started in 1998 finished in 2001.....but I could be seeing things!

@shella.Toralde1821 Жыл бұрын

So nice 🙂🙂

@timothyleberl1202 Жыл бұрын

Wow what an experience Paul, I'm half Mauritian so this video made me happy, if you are still in Mauritius right now I recommend trying the Mauritius Metro Express Tram system it's unbelievable and you'd love that, but do keep up the amazing videos and content you produce 👍

@mjt8199 Жыл бұрын

Dating that London video could be anywhere between 1998 and 2001. There's an Arriva London (founded 1998) open-topper passing through Trafalgar Square and Heron Quays DLR station closed in 2001 for rebuilding.

@JKB- Жыл бұрын

Hi, great video! Maybe turn up the volume a bit :)

@neilcrooks5516 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@SlavaUkraini85 Жыл бұрын

damn just took the flight two weeks ago even with the same aircraft 😎shame I missed you

@The4905 Жыл бұрын

9:54 whats funny is that those "premium" payot paris toiletries are featured in EVA air's economy class bathroom! (although that flight did take 15 hours sooo...)

@chriscrawford9796 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always but just a shame some videos are just too short

@paichooblogs5188 Жыл бұрын

So many A350's serving Jo'burg!!!

@pritamkoli Жыл бұрын

Five star coverage

@joshualucas Жыл бұрын

i reckon the video is 1992. my aunty lived in poplar and that view of canary wharf at 11:33 is exactly how i remember the city skyline from around then, only 3 or 4 big buildings, seemed to have exploded after 95

@danvalentine2997 Жыл бұрын

It’s a shame that Comair SA didn’t make it. I flew them to Mauritius as a BA codeshare as part of my route from London via Jo’berg and I found their business class to be pretty decent in terms of food and service standards. The seats were unfortunately the standard BA club Europe affair although this was on their older 737-400’s so not sure if this was the same of the 737 NG’s they upgraded to.

@AkashAB4U Жыл бұрын

The London video that you were watching seemed like it was late 80s to maybe early 90s.

@mottyk8491 Жыл бұрын

Sounds very reasonable for a full service business class flight 3-4hrs

@stephenskorupa8983 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see proper cutlery and plates etc.So many airlines are doing away with that level of service.

@natzzzy9119 Жыл бұрын

I know this is a thing on AirNZ you can buy bottles of wine and Merchandise on the IFE with your credit card. Possibly they put this in or it came with the seat design?

@Torrie97400 Жыл бұрын

Hello thanks for vidéos! From a regular viesver Who lives on Réunion island a french overseas département néerlandais Mauritius, one Day come visit our gréât island !

@philhardy6470 Жыл бұрын

Would the pay app on the side of seat, be if you wanted to purchase Aftershave, etc etc, or has that stopped

@stevenelliott7568 Жыл бұрын

Great video , perhaps the touchpad may be for possible Duty free purchases 🤷‍♂️

@purplerabbit638 Жыл бұрын

As a frequent flyer of Air Mauritius, I also do not know the purpose of those contactless payment modules lol

@kevindonnelly6007 Жыл бұрын

Every time there's a dearth of quality IFE, I *really* wish there was some way to access a USB drive's video files to play onto their screen. They absolutely *could* scan them for threats before allowing the content. I mean, if you're paying for J, I, A, F, they've got the headroom to afford licensing some great stuff.

@theBusManiac Жыл бұрын

Do more bus videos!

@mxyzptlyk Жыл бұрын

Maybe the NFC scanner is to enable payment for Wi-Fi, which should be FOC in ANY Business Class on any airline.

@lorencasuto1249 Жыл бұрын

Another great trip about an airline you'd never see in North America. By the way I get the feeling that London video was from 1993-1994. It just looks so familiar from my first visit there as a kid in everyway.

@Paul_Lucas Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It’s definitely mid 90s. It’s really remarkable how the area around Tower Bridge is far more built up now.

@danielkegel772 Жыл бұрын

@@Paul_Lucas I think it's from summer 2001, based on the completed Canary Wharf buildings that are visible at 11:33 (One Canada Square & HSBC tower), but just before Heron Quays station was closed for remodeling.

@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын

11:11 It’s definitely late ‘90s. Atleast that’s what I think.

@astromanicdave Жыл бұрын

It’s sooo 1996 I can almost hear Oasis !

@lylejames8079 Жыл бұрын

No Red, just Chicago Bulls. Red Bulls is the NYFC

@TheRacerRich Жыл бұрын

What was the name of the dish he had at the club? Bunny chao?

@FourIntoOne Жыл бұрын

I flew Air Mauritius several years ago - and it was the worst flight I Have ever had. The aircraft was due to be retired soon after but regardless was poorly provisioned - we ran out of drinking water midway thru the 14 hour flight (Heathrow to Mauritius), the air con was stuck on freezing cold, so much so that several passengers were becoming unwell, and to try and compensate they gave out blankets to all passengers - but only had enough for about 25%. So we literally froze. The crew then locked all the toilets as passenger were desperate for drinking water were drinking the non drinking water from the basins so we couldn't even go for a pee etc. Finally ALL the cabin crew disappeared somewhere and didn't re-appear till about 15 mins before touchdown. A hellish test of endurance and appalling service. Would never ever fly with them again.

@tigersharkzh Жыл бұрын

What would you pay for during a flight? Duty free goods.

@TheRacerRich Жыл бұрын

The business class food the entire rest of the world has on offer always makes me feel sad when I get in something like a DeltaOne flight, let alone domestic first class.

@_swedishtraveler Жыл бұрын

👍

@brigidm6279 Жыл бұрын

Madagascar is in the throes of a major food crisis due to ongoing drought in the southern part of the island. One million people have been affected.

@Micg51 Жыл бұрын

Wow only ~$400? That’s a really good deal

@stiffmysteruk88 Жыл бұрын

Our son and his family have just flown there from Gatwick on a ba 777 200

@rikspector Жыл бұрын

Paul, You might have asked a flight attendant what those contactless areas were for, you don't seem a shy person. When I saw your travel location, all I could think about was Dodo's. I had Mauritius stamps back in my childhood which, I believe featured DoDo's. With , is it about1.7 million people ?, I'm sure that there are no cryptozoological DoDos hiding in the bush. Cheers, Rik Spector

@Cashpots Жыл бұрын

My wife asks if with all your travelling you have ever caught COVID? Actually not such a dumb question! :-) Rob

@sainnt Жыл бұрын

The one thing you could be paying for in business class is duty free purchases.

@Aran2323 Жыл бұрын

Chicago Redbulls 🤣

@kachikwuomodia8501 Жыл бұрын

The London video is clearly from 1995

@peterlj613 Жыл бұрын

Sadly, Mango is also gone.

@derisleybrittain Жыл бұрын

🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂

@jon-ie4li Жыл бұрын

Try the BA lounge in Jo burg , its bloody Awful.

@patrickdaniel1485 Жыл бұрын

Business class no menu 1996 video of London lol what a shame

@mikeboxall7955 Жыл бұрын

Excellent review, I would say the London video is 1995.

@careygrant8697 Жыл бұрын

The poor IFE selection is ok on a short flight like this one but not great for long-haul - also it's annoying when the maps don't work. Rather have this side of things up to scratch than have proper cutlery.