St. Helena. too windy
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First commercial flight is en route from Cape Town. Stopping at Namibe in Angola for fuel:
https://www.flightradar24.com/SA8878/d43503d
https://www.flightradar24.com/SA8878/d43503d
Puggit said:
First commercial flight is en route from Cape Town. Stopping at Namibe in Angola for fuel:
https://www.flightradar24.com/SA8878/d43503d
Good timing.https://www.flightradar24.com/SA8878/d43503d
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/02/ru...
2fast748 said:
Argentinians thinking about this...Flight was carried out in an SAA Avro RJ85. Altantic Star were removed from the tender process: http://www.atlanticstarairlines.com/single-post/20...
2fast748 said:
Why does it take so long to fix it?Scheduled flights have begun to St Helena http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41620003
The ship wasn't much cheaper (and only then the worst internal windowless cabins), plus you had to share a cabin and it took 4-5 days each way to Cape Town - so islanders working off the island would need at least 3 weeks holiday each time they wanted to go back.
Even if it doesn't become profit making the subsidy for the airport won't be any higher than the ship was and the utility for the islanders will be much greater.
Even if it doesn't become profit making the subsidy for the airport won't be any higher than the ship was and the utility for the islanders will be much greater.
We lived on St Helena for a few years before the airport project was announced and during its construction. We witnessed the test flights but returned to the UK a couple of years back. It was great to see the commercial flights commence this week.
Prior to flights the RMS was a 3 day sailing from Ascension or 6 days from Cape Town. Costs of the flights (early bookings) are marginally cheaper than the cheapest accommodation on the RMS.
Aside from tourism the access to emergency medical care will make a massive difference to those on island. I recall several cases where patients were evacuated on passing freighters, cargo ships and even a yacht.
The rumors about RAF St Helena started early and have persisted throughout the build. Much like Ascension I suspect the logistical support for air operations would be the greatest hurdle. Whilst the local bulk fuel has ample storage for commercial craft the demands of military aircraft would soon consume it.
In terms of cost the RMS was massively subsidised by the UK and so are the flights. The original spec called for a larger aircraft but the wind shear issue forced the use of a smaller aircraft that could touch down further into the runway (AIUI).
Prior to flights the RMS was a 3 day sailing from Ascension or 6 days from Cape Town. Costs of the flights (early bookings) are marginally cheaper than the cheapest accommodation on the RMS.
Aside from tourism the access to emergency medical care will make a massive difference to those on island. I recall several cases where patients were evacuated on passing freighters, cargo ships and even a yacht.
The rumors about RAF St Helena started early and have persisted throughout the build. Much like Ascension I suspect the logistical support for air operations would be the greatest hurdle. Whilst the local bulk fuel has ample storage for commercial craft the demands of military aircraft would soon consume it.
In terms of cost the RMS was massively subsidised by the UK and so are the flights. The original spec called for a larger aircraft but the wind shear issue forced the use of a smaller aircraft that could touch down further into the runway (AIUI).
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This was recently posted and it looks like all is deffo not well still.
There've been tales of epic flight delays due to low cloud and utterly useless handling of the problems by the airline. It seems quite a few never made it St Helena at all.
It's somewhere I was thinking of going but I don't want to be dicking around in Johannesburg. My dream scenario would be to combine it with a stop on Ascension, or at the least going from Windhoek, but both won't happen any time soon.
This was recently posted and it looks like all is deffo not well still.
There've been tales of epic flight delays due to low cloud and utterly useless handling of the problems by the airline. It seems quite a few never made it St Helena at all.
It's somewhere I was thinking of going but I don't want to be dicking around in Johannesburg. My dream scenario would be to combine it with a stop on Ascension, or at the least going from Windhoek, but both won't happen any time soon.
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