Air Mauritius has announced plans to introduce new business class seats on flights to Mauritius from Heathrow Airport.

Launching on UK flights in July, the new seats will offer a maximum seat width of 20 inches, as well as angled flat beds measuring 25 inches wide and 75 inches long, TravelMole reports.

The business class cabin will see its seats arranged in a 2-2-2 configuration and will be fitted with 10.4-inch arm-mounted LCD monitors, among other facilities.

Passengers flying with Air Mauritius from London will soon be able to take advantage of new connecting flights to Perth from June, with services available three times a week.

The airline also recently announced the launch of a new route between Mauritius and Bangalore, which will begin weekly service on April 28th under a codeshare agreement with Air India and represents the carrier's fourth Indian destination.

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