Mauritius's national airline is Air Mauritius. The airline's headquarters are located in Port Louis, Mauritius, and Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport serves as its hub. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company entered voluntary administration on April 22, 2020, and it exited administration in the middle of 2021.
Air France, the BOAC enterprise, and the Government of Mauritius each owned 27.5 percent of the company when it was founded on June 14, 1967; Rogers and Co. Ltd., the general sales agent for BOAC and Air France in Mauritius, held the remainder.

At first, the airline collaborated with Air France, Air India, and British Airways to provide international flights. At the time, each of these airlines held 25% of Air Mauritius. The company only operated in the field of ground services up until 1972; In August 1972, it began operating its own flights using a six-seat Piper PA-31 Navajo aircraft leased from Air Madagascar to connect Rodrigues and Mauritius.  The aircraft maintained its Malagasy registration despite sporting Air Mauritius decor.