What a bolt out of the blue. Air Austral 773 in Sydney 4 days a week. Interesting flight numbers for a 777 service.
I wonder how the new service will impact on Qantas' Paris aspirations when additional European rights are finalised.
Just checked the map and Reunion looks to be just Sydney to Canberra distance from Mauritius. It is a lot further south in the Indian Ocean than I thought which explains the long flight with a 12:10 pm departure from Sydney and only a 05:30 arrival into Paris, with less than a 2 hour stopover in Reunion. Qantas 17:00 departures get to London at approximately 06:00, so this flight is at least 5 hours longer via Reunion to the SE Asian or Middle East stopovers.
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