Direct flights between Tashkent and Mauritius to launch in December
2026-09-07 15:00:00 / News
The event was organized at the initiative of the Uzbek company Prestige Travel in cooperation with the Tourism Committee. It brought together representatives of leading tourism companies and hotel brands from Mauritius, as well as local tour operators. The participants discussed the launch of joint tourism projects and opportunities for expanding bilateral cooperation.
According to the plan, at the initial stage, a total of four round-trip flights on the Tashkent–Mauritius route will operate on December 26 and in January. Starting from June 2027, regular flights on this route are planned to operate once a week.
The new route will not only open up a new African market for Uzbekistan’s tourism industry, but also strengthen Tashkent’s potential as a transit hub connecting Central Asian and CIS countries with Mauritius. In the future, travelers from Kazakhstan, Russia, and other CIS countries will be able to fly to Mauritius via Tashkent.
“The new flights are important for increasing mutual tourist flows. At the same time, they open up Mauritius as a new tourism market for Uzbekistan. A significant proportion of Mauritius’ population belongs to the Indo-Muslim community, creating promising opportunities for the development of pilgrimage and gastronomic tourism. In this regard, there is considerable potential to develop specialized tourism products for visitors from Mauritius, featuring the historical and cultural heritage of Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, and Tashkent, Islamic heritage sites, as well as Uzbekistan’s national culinary traditions,” said Oybek Akhmedov, founder of Prestige Travel.
The air connection is being launched as part of the “Open Tourist Season” program, implemented annually from June to August starting in 2026. The program provides financial support measures for tourism market participants. Airlines launching new routes receive a subsidy of US$100 for each foreign tourist attracted, as well as a 20% discount on airport services. Local tour operators are provided with a subsidy of US$5,000 for every 1,000 tourists attracted from long-haul international markets.