Air Austral announced at the end of March the scheduling of a series of one-off direct flights between Mayotte and Marseille for the entire school holiday period of July-August 2021. Two rotations will be operated each week between June 17 and September 12, Thursday and Sunday, with a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. In the Dzaoudzi-Marseille direction, the flights will make a technical stopover in Nairobi.