Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Plaisance to Frankfurt. Left side wins at both ends of the flight. Over the island on departure you get the full Mauritian interior and lagoon, and on arrival into Frankfurt you face the city skyline and Main River. During the long overwater and continental cruise, left also faces the Nile Delta, Mediterranean coastline, and Alpine approaches from a better angle on the northbound routing.

During takeoff from Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International (MRU), sit on the Left side for the best views. MRU's primary departure runway 14 sends aircraft northeast over the coast, putting the left (west/northwest) side facing back toward the island interior. You get a clear view of the central plateau, the Moka Range, and the lagoon fringing the southwest coast as the aircraft climbs and banks northward. Notable sights include: Moka Range and central plateau highlands, Mahebourg lagoon and coral reef fringe to the southeast, Port Louis harbor and waterfront to the northwest, Le Morne Brabant peninsula on the southwest tip.

When landing at Frankfurt Main (FRA), sit on the Left side for the best views. Frankfurt's primary arrival runway 25L/25R brings aircraft in from the east on a westward heading. The left (south) side faces the Taunus hills, the Main River valley, and the Frankfurt city skyline with its distinctive Bankenviertel skyscrapers visible to the south-left during final approach. Notable sights include: Frankfurt Bankenviertel skyline (Commerzbank Tower, Messeturm), Main River curving through the city, Taunus ridge to the north visible across the nose, Rhine-Main flatlands patchwork farmland on approach.

The flight from Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International (MRU) to Frankfurt Main (FRA) takes Approximately 11 to 12 hours.

The route tracks north-northwest from Mauritius across the Indian Ocean, crossing the Mozambique Channel and the East African coast near Tanzania or Kenya, then overflying the Horn of Africa region or Sudan depending on routing, crossing the Nile Valley in Egypt where the green Nile corridor is visible against desert, transiting the Eastern Mediterranean, then crossing the Balkans or Central Europe with the Alps potentially visible on the southern horizon before descending into the Rhine-Main plain