Tag: Mount Pleasant airport

• Friday, May 3rd 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  “Falklands must be proud of their healthy and vibrant democracy”, says BFSAI commander

  

  Penguin News caught up with the Commander of British Forces for the South Atlantic Islands, Brigadier Nick Sawyer stationed in the Falkland Islands.

• 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, April 12th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Falklands' court fines Argentine lawyer for attempting to export live round as “historic souvenir”

  

  Daniel Sebastian Ujhelly, an Argentine lawyer who had come to the Falkland Islands to take part in the Stanley Marathon was fined £650 in the Summary Court on Friday and ordered to pay £150 prosecution costs, after having pleaded guilty to an offence under the Fire Arms and Ammunition Ordinance 1987, reports this week's edition of the Penguin News.

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

  Falklands to consider options to enlarge international airport terminal

  

  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.

• Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 06:22 UTC

  Falklands goes ahead with negotiations and contract for second commercial flight

  

  The Executive Council has today Wednesday authorised the Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands Government to complete the necessary negotiations with LATAM Airlines Brazil and to finalise a contract, subject to agreement with MLAs, to establish and operate a new weekly route between Sao Paulo and the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, November 30th 2018 - 05:52 UTC

  Falklands voice dismay and praise for second commercial flight

  

  The proposed second airline service between the Falklands and South America with a once a month stopover in Argentina, drew both strongly voiced concerns and praise at a public meeting held on Wednesday evening in Stanley. Worried citizens suggested Argentina might manipulate Islanders by threatening to interrupt the link to Sao Paulo, Brazil in the longer term.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 10:00 UTC

  Falklands second commercial flight agreed: Sao Paulo with a stopover at Cordoba, says Ambito Financiero

  

  The second commercial flight from the Falkland Islands to a third country in the region with a stopover in an Argentine airport has been agreed, according to reports in Ambito Financiero, a Buenos Aires financial daily.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 20:25 UTC

  Falkland Islands second air link announcement expected after June 13th

  

  The Falkland Islands government announced on Wednesday it has received an evaluation report regarding a second weekly air link to the Falklands, from specialist consulting Aviation Economics, and will be briefing the Executive Council at their 13 June meeting, and recommending a response to the proposed options.

• Thursday, March 22nd 2018 - 22:04 UTC

  Falklands ready for the Argentine next of kin visit

  

  The Falkland Islands government has announced details of next Monday's visit of relatives of the Argentine fallen soldiers whose remains, at the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin, were recently identified by a special team led by the International Red Cross. The release states the following:

• Thursday, February 8th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Falklands and MoD agree to address rotor winds at MPA airport

  

  The Falkland Islands government and the Ministry of Defense have agreed to address the challenge of rotor winds, which have become a serious problem for the operations at the Mount Pleasant Complex.