--- title: "Air Mauritius Flight Delay and Cancellation Compensation" url: https://flightcompensations.com/airlines/air-mauritius author: "Jaacov Sonenblick" published: 2026-09-04 updated: 2026-10-06 publisher: FlightCompensations summary: "Air Mauritius is a non-EU carrier, so EU261 and UK261 cover its Paris, London and Geneva departures at EUR 600 — but not arrivals from Mauritius." --- # Air Mauritius flight delay and cancellation compensation Air Mauritius is a non-EU carrier, so EU261 and UK261 cover its Paris, London and Geneva departures at EUR 600 — but not arrivals from Mauritius. ## Which leg of an Air Mauritius flight delay can you claim for? **Air Mauritius flight delay** compensation **pays** €600 per passenger on a Paris departure to Mauritius, and £520 from London. The flight home from Mauritius falls outside both regimes. You qualify when you land three or more hours late, when the airline cancels with less than 14 days' notice, or when it denies you boarding. Air Mauritius, the national carrier of Mauritius, flies long-haul between the island and Europe, serving Paris Charles de Gaulle, London and Geneva. It holds no EU or UK operating licence, so the European compensation regimes apply only where your flight departs from Europe. - **Departing an EU/EEA or Swiss airport** — EU261 covers a Paris departure to Mauritius, and a Geneva one too, because EU261 applies in Switzerland under the EU–Switzerland air transport agreement. - **Departing a UK airport** — UK261 covers the London departure. - **Arriving into Europe from Mauritius** — **not covered**. A Mauritius to Paris flight sits outside both regimes, so the delayed overnight flight home from holiday is precisely the leg the rules do not reach. A claim requires one of three events: arriving at your final destination three or more hours late, a cancellation with under 14 days' notice, or involuntary denied boarding on an oversold flight when you presented yourself on time. ## How much you could receive Compensation is set by route distance alone: - **EUR 250** — flights of 1,500 km or less - **EUR 400** — flights between 1,500 and 3,500 km - **EUR 600** — flights over 3,500 km Mauritius lies many thousands of kilometres from Europe, so every Air Mauritius route from Paris or London is comfortably in the top band: **EUR 600** per passenger, or **GBP 520** on the UK scale of GBP 220 / GBP 350 / GBP 520. A couple delayed on the same booking claims twice over; the fare, the cabin and any package-holiday wrapper around the ticket make no difference to the statutory amount. ## When Air Mauritius doesn't have to pay The airline avoids payment only for extraordinary circumstances that all reasonable measures could not have prevented. Cyclone activity around the Indian Ocean is a genuine example when it actually grounds the flight, but the airline must prove the link to your specific departure — the burden of proof is always on the carrier. A strike by Air Mauritius' own crew is generally not extraordinary, third-party strikes usually are, and technical faults arising in routine operation and maintenance remain the airline's own responsibility. ## How to claim from Air Mauritius Keep your booking reference, boarding passes, and every email or text about the disruption, and note when you actually arrived. If the flight was part of a package, the EU261 claim against the airline still exists alongside any package-travel rights. We submit the claim, follow it up and, if it is refused without evidence, escalate to the French or UK enforcement body or to court within the national time limit. ## What does an Air Mauritius claim cost? The eligibility check is free. If we recover your compensation we charge a fixed EUR 39 success fee — the same whether you're owed EUR 250 or EUR 600 — and the airline's payment goes to you. No win, no fee. ## How to claim Air Mauritius compensation Start with the flight itself. Our [free flight check](/claim) reads the recorded times for your Air Mauritius flight and tells you which band it falls in, in about two minutes. For the law behind the figure, the [flight delay compensation guide](/flight-delay-compensation) covers arrival delays and the [cancellation compensation guide](/flight-cancellation-compensation) covers a flight that never operated. If Air Mauritius has already refused you, the [case law summary](/passenger-rights/case-law) sets out what the courts have said about the usual excuses. ## Frequently asked questions ### My Air Mauritius flight home from Mauritius to Paris was delayed overnight. Can I claim? Not under EU261. The regulation covers departures from EU/EEA airports on any airline, but arrivals from third countries only when the carrier is EU-licensed, which Air Mauritius is not. Your outbound Paris to Mauritius departure is protected at EUR 600; the return leg is outside the regime. ### The airline blamed a cyclone. Is that always an extraordinary circumstance? No. Severe tropical weather can qualify, but only where it genuinely affected your flight and the airline could not reasonably work around it. Air Mauritius must produce evidence tying the conditions to your departure, and a knock-on delay days after the weather cleared is much harder for it to defend. ### I booked the flight as part of a package holiday. Do I still have an EU261 claim? Yes. Compensation under EU261 is owed by the operating airline and sits independently of your package-travel rights against the tour operator. You cannot be paid twice for the same loss, but the fixed delay compensation from the airline is separate from, for example, a price reduction on the package. ## Sources - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32004R0261 - https://www.caa.co.uk/passengers/resolving-travel-problems/delays-and-cancellations/ - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-402/07 - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-549/07 - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-195/17 - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-452/13 Read the full page with the claim check at https://flightcompensations.com/airlines/air-mauritius