Tag: Falkland Island Government Aviation Services (FIGAS)

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 02:37 UTC

  Falklands tourism industry broke several records

  

  The Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB) has released its annual tourism statistics for 2018, which shows the tourism industry broke several records all in one year.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Falklands second flight, this time to Sao Paulo set to start in November

  

  Falkland Islands' lawmaker MLA Barry Elsby told the Legislative Assembly that the new Latam flight to São Paulo is set to start in November, adding that contractual negotiations with the air carrier are “well advanced and nearing completion.”

• Friday, February 15th 2019 - 11:59 UTC

  Falklands makes public AAIB investigation into Islander VP-FBM incident

  

  The Falkland Islands government has made public the release from the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch referred to an incident involving one of the Islands Air Service Islander, during a regular landing last June.

• Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 10:08 UTC

  Falklands' air service latest incorporation delayed waiting for airworthiness documentation

  

  In January, a newly leased aircraft from Britten-Norman arrived in the Falkland Islands to provide an additional resource to the Falkland Islands Government Air Service during the height of the summer season. The plan was to carry out a 100 hours inspection and to fit flotation tyres before the aircraft – registration G-BCEN – would begin to carry passengers.

• Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 06:25 UTC

  Falkland Islands strengthens its air service with new aircraft and avionics

  

  The Falkland Islands government air service, FIGAS, has incorporated on lease a Britten-Norman Islander aircraft for the inter-islands air service during the current summer season. Likewise another new aircraft has been ordered, scheduled to be delivered next July, as well as four new engines for the FIGAS fleet of Briten-Norman Islanders.

• Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 15:30 UTC

  Falklands operating surplus reaches £38 million; strong corporation tax receipts

  

  The Falkland Islands Government operating surplus now stands at over £38 million, Standing Finance Committee members were informed this week. The large surplus is due to favorable corporation tax receipts, and was arrived at by deducting operating costs of £68 million from the year’s income, which is £106 million.

• Monday, June 25th 2018 - 08:13 UTC

  Falklands: Work advancing in recovery FIGAS aircraft

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced that its Islands' Air Service, (FIGAS), and Workboat Services Limited are working in the recovery plan of the FIGAS aircraft that was involved in an incident on Monday 11 June 2018.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Falklands' commercial aircraft experiences minor incident

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Air Service has informed that at 10:55am on Monday 11 June 2018, a FIGAS plane was involved in a landing incident on Beaver Island. No passengers or crew have been injured however, there is suspected damage to the aircraft.

• Wednesday, March 21st 2018 - 07:49 UTC

  Falklands' air service upgrading avionics of its fleet of Islanders

  

  Britten-Norman has reported that it completed the first in a series of avionics upgrades to a fleet of five BN2B-26 Islanders owned and operated by the Falkland Island Government Aviation Services (FIGAS). The avionics are being upgraded to the Garmin G600 glass cockpit standard including the GTN650/750 GPS/NAV/COMM, GTX335R remote transponder and electronic engine instruments.