British Airways relaunched London to Mauritius on Friday, August 20th. BA2063 departed Gatwick at 22:17 and arrived 11 hours and 43 minutes later at 13:00 the following day, local time.
Because the route is currently operating once-weekly, the aircraft and crew remained in Mauritius until Sunday, 22nd. BA2062 left at 21:37 and touched down in the UK at 06:26 on day three. It was operated by a 332-seat B777-200ER, the second-highest density 772 configuration in BA’s fleet.
Air Mauritius will again compete indirectly with BA from Heathrow, with its once-weekly service resuming on October 3rd using the 288-seat A330-900. BA used to operate Heathrow-Mauritius until 2011, after which it swapped to Gatwick.