Air Mauritius has won again the 17 World Travel Awards (WTA) in the  category Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline. The airlines which were nominated  in this category are Air France, South African Airways, Air Seychelles, Air  Austral and Air Madagascar.  The award was presented at the  Gala Ceremony held on Wednesday 7th July 2010 at the Sandton Convention  Centre, located in 'The City of Gold', Johannesburg, South Africa. 

  World Travel Awards is the most prestigious, comprehensive and sought after  awards programme in the global travel and tourism industry. To be voted a  World  Travel  Award  by  a  process  involving  183,000  travel  tourism  and  hospitality professionals across the globe is the highest accolade a company  can receive .  

Air Mauritius is the national carrier of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.  Created in 1967, it currently operates a fleet of four A340-300, two A340-300E, two A330-200, two A319-100 and two ATR72-500. Air Mauritius presently flies to twenty five destinations in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Indian Ocean.