After reading Paul Lismore’s post on Air Mts highlighting that
“ ๐๐ช๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ถ๐ด: ….. ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ? "๐๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ!" ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ "๐จ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต". ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด..................“
....every taxpayer, every Mauritian, every Lepep, in his right mind, believes that it is time to put a stop to this recurrent saga of scandals spanning from unauthorized slush funds in the early 2000s to modern-day fleet mismanagement, bribery probes, and allegations of criminal conspiracies that have stripped the airline of billions of rupees.
These very politically-picked ones, these very corrupt ones
-who had caused the the haemorrhage of our “Paille-en-Queue” to turn it into mere “pailles”,
- who had benefited from famous “caisse noire” to the detriment of our national airline,
- who were kicked out by previous regimes for their incompetence and for other more hidden horrors that were emerging from the vaults but kept coming back no matter how often they are suspended,
-who were vegetating on the Board of directors and responsible for the hedging saga,
- who were guilty of approving the policies that were against the best interests of Air Mts,
-who have been interfering directly with the running of the Company
-who had proposed the Asia-Africa Corridor ,
-who did not raise their little fingers to put a stop to the mismanagement that was leading Air Mts to bankruptcy.
Why do we taxpayers have to continue to bear the cost of another doomed enterprise ? After the farce of the mega-structure -"Airport Holdings" , what next in terms of bogus solutions, of eternal internal restructuring , of "Game Changer" plans ?
Why should we taxpayers continue to be the “ dindons de leur farce” ?
---Taxpayer-backed AHL converted Rs 8 billion of the airline's massive debt into preference shares to prevent total collapse, keeping public money heavily tied to the carrier.
---The airline accumulated over $170 million in losses between 2015 and 2024, coupled with a staggering Rs 1.2 billion lost in the recent Kroll report scandal.
---Persistent aircraft maintenance delays, constant groundings, and organizational mismanagement continue to impact regional flights and passenger satisfaction.
What is the solution ?
We are of the opinion that, perhaps, the way out is to push for a strategic partnership for Air Mauritius .
A strategic partnership for Air Mauritius may be beneficial via :
---Partnering with larger carriers allowing Air Mauritius to offer seamless codeshare flights across the globe, providing passengers with access to hundreds of destinations beyond its core routes.
---Collaborations with major airlines (such as the established partnership with Emirates) increasing inbound traffic to Mauritius, generating substantial economic value and supporting local jobs.
---Partnering which can improve governance, reduce operational costs, optimize fleet utilization, and improve bargaining power for aircraft maintenance and fuel purchasing.
---Joint procurement of fuel and shared maintenance costs lowering the airline's overhead. These operational savings are often passed down to travelers on long-haul routes. Partnering with a mega-carrier connects Air Mauritius to global hubs. More passengers sharing the total network cost creates downward pressure on base ticket prices.
We are being told that la “caisse vide” and having our welfare state dismantled year after year only to see public money systematically mismanaged. The state should no longer use public funds to subsidize corruption and institutional incompetence. The devastating findings of the independent forensic Kroll Audit have indeed shattered public trust in the carrier's so called "Game Changer” or turnaround plans .
Air Mts is unequivocally and has for too long been a financial burden on the Mauritian public and taxpayers.
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