Tag: St Helena Island

• Friday, June 10th 2016 - 07:49 UTC

  RMS St Helena in London on her farewell tour, which marks the end of sea link to UKOT St Helena

  

  HRH Princess Anne attended a reception on Wednesday evening onboard the RMS St Helena, moored next to HMS Belfast in The Pool of London. RMS St Helena is one of the world's last working Royal Mail ships and is visiting London as part of her farewell tour.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2016 - 08:52 UTC

  St Helena celebrates the new airport on her 514th discovery anniversary

  

  2016 St Helena’s Day celebrations were this year held on Friday 20 May 2016, and were reckoned by all to be a great success. Once again organized by New Horizons and held in lower Jamestown, traditional activities and stalls were arranged in both the Mule Yard and along the Seafront area.

• Thursday, May 12th 2016 - 08:21 UTC

  St. Helena airport certified, which brings opening day closer

  

  British Overseas Territory St. Helena achieved a major milestone on Tuesday when Air Safety Support International (ASSI) issued an Aerodrome Certificate to brand new St Helena Airport - having been satisfied that the Airport infrastructure, aviation security measures and air traffic control service complies with international aviation safety and security standards. This follows a final inspection of the Airport by an ASSI team last month.

• Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 20:11 UTC

  St Helena postpones official opening of the new airport

  

  The St. Helena Government confirms that further safety and operational work is required prior to the Official Opening of the Island’s new Airport – and that this event has therefore been postponed. While this means that the Airport will not officially open on 21 May 2016 as originally planned, the safety of aircraft and passengers is of course paramount.(MP, 15 and 19 April).

• Monday, April 25th 2016 - 05:53 UTC

  RMS St Helena on sale; she will make a farewell to the port of London

  

  Helena Line has announced that it is to withdraw the Passenger Cargo Royal Mail Ship St Helena from service in July 2016 and has appointed London ship broker CW Kellock & Co Ltd to handle her sale.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2016 - 22:42 UTC

  First commercial airliner lands in St Helena: new chapter of opportunities for the BOT island in mid Atlantic

  

  The British Overseas Territory St Helena in mid Atlantic made history on Monday as the first large passenger jet aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 (ZS-ZWG), touched down at St Helena’s new Airport shortly after 12.00 noon. This is the actual Boeing aircraft which will serve the St Helena/Johannesburg rout, according to a release from the local government.

• Friday, April 15th 2016 - 05:04 UTC

  St Helena reaches to the world: 21 May airport official opening with presence of Prince Edward

  

  The Government of St Helena has announced that the official opening of the island's new airport is set to take place on 21 May 2016, in the presence of HRH The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. For the British Overseas Territory island in mid Atlantic and with an only monthly sea link, the airport means a dream come true, and both the St Helena and UK governments hope that this will lead to eventual financial self-sustainability.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 09:11 UTC

  First jet aircraft lands at St Helena recently finished airport

  

  Great day of the British Overseas Territory of St Helena: the first jet aircraft landed at the recently concluded airport in the island located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The business jet was chartered by Air Safety Support International (ASSI) to bring its team of five personnel to St Helena to assess St Helena Airport.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 07:58 UTC

  South Africa's Comair ready to operate from St Helena's airport with a Boeing 737/800

  

  South African airline Comair will operate the Boeing 737-800, configured to seat about 120 passengers, on the route from the St Helena Island’s airport to Johannesburg. A British Overseas Territory, St Helena is a remote South Atlantic island, where French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was once exiled and died after his defeat at Waterloo.

• Sunday, January 31st 2016 - 12:22 UTC

  St. Helena government readies Population & housing census on 7 February

  

  St Helena Government is preparing for a Population and Housing Census on Sunday, 7th February 2016. The Census will capture the essential information on the pre-air access characteristics of the Island population to assist with the development of services such as Health, Education and Housing.