OT - Saint Helena to get Airport
Nov 3, 2011, 11:41 am
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OT - Saint Helena to get Airport
To be complete by 2015, runway proposed to be 7380ft and able to handle A320, B737 and B757 with routes planned to operate to Ascension Island and Cape Town.
Wonder which operator will eventually operate these flights ? something there for BA by way of Comair ex South Africa ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15578596
http://www.sainthelenaaccess.com/application/
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Wonder which operator will eventually operate these flights ? something there for BA by way of Comair ex South Africa ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15578596
http://www.sainthelenaaccess.com/application/
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Nov 3, 2011, 1:04 pm
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I visited St. Helena in 2002 and am going back in January. It's an interesting place with a wonderful history. I'm looking forward to my next visit.
On my last visit a tour guide pointed out where the airport would go...they've been waiting for an air link for many years.
Jamestown, St. Helena from the top of Jacob's Ladder
On my last visit a tour guide pointed out where the airport would go...they've been waiting for an air link for many years.
Jamestown, St. Helena from the top of Jacob's Ladder
Nov 3, 2011, 2:48 pm
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This is a better view of Jamestown.
Nov 3, 2011, 6:50 pm
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It doesn't seem to have changed at all since I was there in 1983. Beautiful place lost in a time-warp, and charming people with a sing-song accent.
I imagine an airport will transform the place - maybe not for the better
I imagine an airport will transform the place - maybe not for the better
Nov 3, 2011, 6:56 pm
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And yes I do realise that LAN flies into the Falklands but it looks like an expensive pita
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Nov 3, 2011, 7:34 pm
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I flew one of those BZZ-ASI-MPN flights before... very expensive is right!
Saint Helena has been somewhere I've wanted to go for years... I don't actually read the BA forum but my eyes were drawn to the title and that's the only way I found out about this. I think maybe I should like to go before 2015 now as it will likely feel much less "untouched" with the addition of air services to the island.
Or maybe sometime in 2015 FTers will have a Saint Helena DO.
Saint Helena has been somewhere I've wanted to go for years... I don't actually read the BA forum but my eyes were drawn to the title and that's the only way I found out about this. I think maybe I should like to go before 2015 now as it will likely feel much less "untouched" with the addition of air services to the island.
Or maybe sometime in 2015 FTers will have a Saint Helena DO.
Nov 4, 2011, 2:23 am
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I seriously doubt that BA will show any interest. Given they pulled out of operating to Scottish islands that have 10 times the population of Saint Helena I doubt that it will be commercially viable. Of course there may be some codeshare opportunities, but I would have thought that even for Comair the route would be challenging to make commercially viable.
Nov 4, 2011, 2:37 am
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I seriously doubt that BA will show any interest. Given they pulled out of operating to Scottish islands that have 10 times the population of Saint Helena I doubt that it will be commercially viable. Of course there may be some codeshare opportunities, but I would have thought that even for Comair the route would be challenging to make commercially viable.
Currently the only supplies arriving are via the royal mail ship
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