Stansted to St Helena

For the first time ever the South Atlantic British Overseas Territory of St Helena has received a direct flight from the UK. 

Last week a Titan Airways Airbus A318, previously used on the British Airways now abandoned London City – New York JFK service, flew from Stansted to Accra and then Ascension, and on to the island half way between Namibia and Brazil. 

On board were 28 passengers and eight crew.  The aircraft also carried urgently needed medical supplies and other provisions.  It night-stopped at Ascension southbound and St Helena.  Favourable winds on the return leg meant that the A318 refueled at Accra and then flew non-stop to Stansted.

SA Airlink withdrew its weekly Saturday service from Johannesburg via Walvis Bay at the end of March as a result of it ceasing all its operations in Southern Africa but now says it hopes to resume the weekly flight on 4 May. 

St Helena features in a BTN ON TOUR to commemorate the first ever commercial flight to the island (Saturday 16 October 2017) and a more detailed look the following week including a tour of Napoleon’s home on the island until his death 5 May 1821.  Plans of a celebration to commemorate the 200th anniversary have yet to be unveiled.  Search for St Helena to read more stories.

www.flyairlink.com/flightschedule

www.sainthelena.gov.sh

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John Jones,

Good to know that we can send £2.5m of PPE equipment including 5 ventilators to an isolated island of 4,300 inhabitants with no reported cases of Covid19 when our care homes at home are crying out for this equipment.