Tag: St Helena/Johannesburg route

• Saturday, April 28th 2018 - 06:59 UTC

  St Helena airport shrugs off ‘world’s most useless’ tag

  

  Andreas Spaeth (*) The airport on the remote British Overseas Territory island St Helena, once dismissed as the “world’s most useless airport” by British media, is proving to be a reliable asset.

• Friday, September 22nd 2017 - 08:32 UTC

  Sale of tickets for the commercial air service to St Helena came live this Friday

  

  The sale of tickets for the scheduled air service to the British Overseas Territory of St Helena went live on Friday. 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. Flights will commence on Saturday, October 14.

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

  St Helena/South Africa commercial weekly flights begin this month

  

  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).

• Friday, June 10th 2016 - 08:02 UTC

  St Helena's airport opening delayed indefinitely because of wind conditions

  

  The opening of an airport on the British overseas territory of St Helena has been delayed indefinitely due to safety fears - amid warnings the cost to the UK government could increase. The £285m airport is being paid for by the Department for International Development and was due to open in May.

• 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.

• 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.