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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 05:10 UTC

Tag: LAN Airways flight, RAF Brize Norton

  • Friday, January 4th 2019 - 06:55 UTC

    Falklands to consider options to enlarge international airport terminal

    Mount Pleasant Airport which receives the weekly flight from Punta Arenas and the air link from Brize Norton in UK

    Options for the extension of the Falkland Islands' Mount Pleasant airport passenger terminal will be considered by the local elected authorities in the coming weeks. According to Penguin News, quoting lawmaker MLA Barry Elsby, options will be put before the Executive Council early in the new year.

  • Saturday, December 17th 2016 - 07:30 UTC

    Falklands/South America second flight to be addressed at Argentina/UK meeting next week

    MLA Mike Summers and MLA Phyl Rendell will be part of the British delegation discussing next week a second air link between Falklands and the continent

    Two Falklands lawmakers, MLA Mike Summers and MLA Phyl Rendell, will represent the Islands government as part of the British delegation at meetings with Argentina in London next Monday and Tuesday. According to a release from the Islands' government the principal item to be addressed is a second flight from South America to the Falklands that was agreed in a September Joint Statement between the UK and Argentina.

  • Friday, March 6th 2015 - 07:52 UTC

    South Atlantic Air-bridge to the Falklands restricted to certain nationalities

    “The MOD has reviewed its practices regarding access to its operational defense establishments, such as RAF Brize Norton”

    The South Atlantic Air-bridge linking RAF Brize Norton in the UK with the Falkland Islands will no longer fly nationals from a list of countries and although no specific reasons were given, the release underlines that the “Ministry of Defense places the greatest importance on the security of its people, facilities and operations”.