Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Plaisance to New York. Left wins at both ends of this flight. The takeoff delivers Mauritius's most dramatic interior scenery and the Le Morne peninsula, while the landing approach over Jamaica Bay gives a direct view of the Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan skyline. The long overwater crossing of the Atlantic offers little to differentiate sides at cruise altitude.

During takeoff from Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International (MRU), sit on the Left side for the best views. MRU's primary runway is oriented roughly 14/32. Departures heading northwest toward JFK typically use runway 14, climbing out over the southwest coast. The left side gives you the island's interior highlands, including the Black River Gorges massif and the central plateau, while the right side faces open ocean almost immediately. Notable sights include: Black River Gorges highlands, Le Morne Brabant peninsula and its distinctive basalt monolith, the lagoon and reef system along the southwest coast, Port Louis harbor visible to the northwest.

When landing at John F Kennedy International (JFK), sit on the Left side for the best views. JFK's most common arrival from the south and east uses runway 31L/31R, approaching from over Jamaica Bay heading northwest. The left side of the aircraft on this approach looks directly over Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, while the right side faces the Atlantic Ocean and the relatively featureless south shore of Long Island. Notable sights include: Lower Manhattan skyline, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Jamaica Bay and its wildlife refuge wetlands, Brooklyn waterfront.

The flight from Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International (MRU) to John F Kennedy International (JFK) takes Approximately 18 to 20 hours with one stop, or around 17 hours nonstop if operated — though this route typically connects via Paris CDG, Dubai, or London, adding transit time.

The route tracks northwest across the Indian Ocean, crossing the African continent over Mozambique and Tanzania, then the Sahara Desert over Chad and Libya or Algeria, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Atlantic from western Europe or the Azores region, then the northeastern US seaboard. At cruise altitude the Sahara's sand erg patterns and the Atlas Mountains of North Africa are visible in good conditions, as are the coastlines of West Africa if routing that way. The North Atlantic crossing is open ocean with occasional cloud systems and, in winter, sea ice near Newfoundland and Labrador.