Mauritius Airport

Mauritius' Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Airport (SSR) is located in the south-east of the island and transfer time to anywhere else is usually an hour. For a small country of 1.2 million it is basic but has all the usual facilities even if it's not particularly attractive. There is a baggage security check just before the check-in counters although it isn't particularly thorough and queuing was a bit chaotic. Two lounges are available for First and Business Class passengers one of which is handled by Air Mauritius. This is the one I used for a Singapore Airlines flight. Again it did the basic job and had all the usual facilities such as internet fax machine shower and so on. Also a lot of staff on hand which seems to be standard in hotels and restaurants on the island. Okay overall. One thing to remember is that immigration control on arrival in Mauritius are keen that all visitors leave in due course - and insist on seeing an onward ticket. This can make things complicated if you arrive on either a one-way or open-jaw ticket as I did.