Tag: St Helena Island

• Wednesday, April 15th 2015 - 08:57 UTC

  St. Helena prepares for airport opening with boutique hotel and South African airline

  

  Two South African companies, Mantis in the hotel business and Comair airline, will be playing a vital role in developing St Helena's economy through increased communications and the tourist industry, once the international airport is opened next February, according to the latest news from the British Overseas Territory in mid South Atlantic.

• Saturday, March 21st 2015 - 05:07 UTC

  St Helena names South African airline preferred bidder for when airport opens next year

  

  A South African airline operator has been named the favorite to provide an air service for St Helena when its first airport opens early in 2016. But Comair, which also operates budget flights as kulula.com, will only offer flights to Johannesburg in South Africa, despite strong calls for a direct service to Europe.

• Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 18:15 UTC

  HMS Protector leaves for Antarctica from Portsmouth but will return to Davenport

  

  Royal Navy’s newest ice patrol ship HMS Protector leaves Portsmouth this week on deployment to Antarctica, but she will be returning to Davenport, where she is to be based in the future.

• Thursday, September 5th 2013 - 03:23 UTC

  Labour dispute stops the construction of the St Helena airport in mid-Atlantic

  

  South Africans working at the British Overseas Territory of St Helena airport have gone on strike, in what is thought to be the first industrial action on the island in half a century, according to the local news. It is understood they are in dispute over employment terms and conditions.

• Monday, July 15th 2013 - 15:08 UTC

  Falklands’ iconic communications Cable & Wireless changes name to Sure

  

  In April this year Cable & Wireless South Atlantic Ltd, along with the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Diego Garcia were acquired by the Batelco Group (*), a leading telecommunications provider to 16 markets spanning the Middle East & Northern Africa, Europe and the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean.

• Thursday, April 25th 2013 - 19:44 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ Desk in Foreign Office impresses visiting Chevening scholars

  

  Two Chevening scholars from British Overseas Territories visited the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London and were impressed at the number of staff focused on the Falklands and their knowledge and proactive stance towards the Islands.

• Thursday, April 4th 2013 - 07:40 UTC

  Batelco completes buyout of Cable & Wireless; includes Falklands, St Helena and Ascension services

  

  Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has completed the disposal of the majority of its Monaco & Islands division, which was announced last December and includes the South Atlantic islands of Falklands, Ascension and St Helena.

• Saturday, March 30th 2013 - 10:15 UTC

  Falkland Islands: More stunts can be expected from Argentina says visiting diplomat

  

  “I THINK there is no doubt that the Argentine Government will continue to look for opportunities to pull stunts of one kind or another.”
  The speaker was Dr Peter Hayes, the Director of the FCO’s Overseas Territories Directorate who was paying a short visit to the Falkland Islands last week.

• Monday, March 11th 2013 - 08:04 UTC

  Falklands and South Atlantic environment and geography information management system

  

  The South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) announced a new program: the South Atlantic Information Management System and GIS Centre, which officially brings together the UK South Atlantic Overseas Territories in SAERI’s South Atlantic scope that ranges from the equator down to the ice. The Centre is funded by the FCO via the UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2012 - 13:15 UTC

  St Helena insists with close business links with the Falkland Islands

  

  Former Managing Director of the Falkland Island Development Corporation, Julian Morris, now Executive Officer of Economic Development on St Helena, has been caught up in a tight schedule of meetings during his visit over the past week, to encourage Falklands’ business investment in St Helena.