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  • Monday, March 14th 2022 - 08:35 UTC

    St Helena/South Africa flights will resume March 26, Jamestown

    South Africa's Airlink will also have a monthly flight St Helena/Ascension Island

    The St Helena government has announced the resumption of Airlink flights between Johannesburg, South Africa, and St Helena island commending 26 March. The Airlink service has been discontinued since March 20 because of the pandemic. The resumption also means a monthly inter-island service to Ascension Island.

  • Saturday, September 2nd 2017 - 12:08 UTC

    St Helena/South Africa commercial weekly flights begin this month

    Airlink will operate a weekly service between St Helena and Johannesburg and St Helena/Cape Town (via stopover at Windhoek International Airport, Namibia).

    The British Overseas Territory, BOT, St Helena Government and Airlink have announced that the sale of tickets for flights to St Helena Island will commence early in September 2017.Airlink will operate a weekly service between St Helena and Johannesburg and St Helena and Cape Town (via the stopover at Windhoek International Airport in Namibia).

  • Thursday, August 24th 2017 - 07:51 UTC

    St Helena hopeful of a regular air link to South Africa following a successful proving flight

    The proving flight was for Airlink to demonstrate to the South African Civil Aviation Authority operational proficiency in terms of ETOPS requirements.

    The St Helena government, a British Overseas Territory in mid Atlantic has said that a commercial aircraft completed a successful proving flight to the island. The Airlink’s Embraer E190-100IGW departed St Helena Airport on Tuesday afternoon following the main flight from Johannesburg and several flight trials before returning to South Africa.

  • Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 05:10 UTC

    St Helena celebrates: charter plane lands with 60 passengers; RMS scheduled to depart Friday

     SA Airlink successfully carried out the flight operation on Wednesday using a British Aerospace 146 Avro RJ85 aircraft.

    British Overseas Territory of St Helena, an island in the middle of the south Atlantic, celebrated on Wednesday 3 May 2017, when a charter plane carrying 60 passengers landed at St Helena Airport at 1.55pm, helping to reestablish links with South Africa. Another good piece of news was that RMS St Helena, the regular connection with St Helena is scheduled to depart Cape Town on Friday.