Air Mauritius wins the 16th World Travel Awards (WTA) in the category Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline for the third year running. The airlines nominated in this category were Air France, South African Airways, Air Seychelles, Air Austral and Air Madagascar. The award was presented to Mr. Kamal Taposeea, Chairman of Air Mauritius by Mr. Graham Cooke, President and Founder of the World Travel Awards at the spectacular Gala Ceremony held on Saturday 7th November 2009 at Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel in London.

Over  1,600 senior  management and  decision makers from  the world’s travel and tourism industry were in attendance. The Miss World 2009 contestants stood behind the tourism leaders of their respective countries to lend their support.

Air Mauritius also competed for  the coveted  title of World’s Leading  Air line  among the very best airline brands in the world including British Airways, Air New Zealand, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Lufthansa Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas Airways, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Swiss International Airways, and Virgin Atlantic Airways.