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Now the sea is a no-go zone, as cliffs pose blast hazard
An exclusion zone has been imposed off the coast of St Helena because of fears about the stability of cliffs near the island’s airport site. It was agreed after a survey said rock falls could be...
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More human bones could be found in island’s slave valley
Further human remains could yet be disturbed as work continues on St Helena’s airport project, a source has cautioned. It’s been confirmed that “a number of human bones” were found on Friday 14...
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Paul’s plea for a home reveals eight families at risk
Up to eight families on St Helena are known to be on the brink of losing their homes, it has emerged. But the island’s new airport workers’ camp could provide a way out of a looming crisis. St Helena...
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Firm wins contract to help pilots land in a St Helena mist
A European company is to supply a safe landing system for St Helena’s airport, reports an industry website. Thales will provide the airport’s Instrument Landing System (ILS) to provide pilots with...
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Intrepid South Africans playing key role in St Helena airport adventure
The first plane to officially land at St Helena’s new airport – the first airport in the island’s more than 500 years of human habitation – is scheduled to do so in February 2016. Building an Airport...
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Airline dream that began with a map on the kitchen floor
Three pilots are setting up an airline to bid for the contract to fly to St Helena when its first airport opens in 2016. St Helena Online went to meet the man who dreamed up the project. Captain...
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Two years into airport contract, the Gut is filling nicely
Anywhere else in the world, to speak of filling a gut would be considered less than polite. Not on St Helena. It’ll be an international cause for celebration when the eight millionth tonne of rock is...
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Creativity takes flight as airport hits half-way mark
Driving a digger back and forth, filling an entire valley with rubble to carry the runway for St Helena’s airport, may not seem the most artistic of jobs. But you can’t keep the St Helenian creative...
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Planes on the plain: runway due to appear in 2014
St Helena’s first airport is set to take shape on Prosperous Bay Plain in 2014, with the completion of major parts of the project. Tasks set to be completed are: The filling-in of Dry Gut, the deep...
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Welcome to St Helena Airport…
St Helena’s airport will officially be known as… St Helena Airport. So says the 51st Airport Update, reporting the decision by executive councillors. “The name is strongly supported by the aviation...
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‘The eagle has landed. The world is now linked to St Helena by air. Lucky...
Click the pic to read social media reportage as a small plane flew into the history books https://storify.com/mrsimonpipe/flight-into-history-first-ever-plane-landing-on-stFiled under: Airport Tagged:...
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Prince to open St Helena Airport
Prince Edward, the Queen’s third son, is to perform the official opening ceremony for St Helena Airport – as long as safety inspectors have given clearance for it to become operational. From St Helena...
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‘World’s most spectacular airport’ makes global news. Mostly good
The Daily Mirror headline read: ‘World’s most useless airport’ finally gets its first commercial flight – and it’s LATE. Well, it was an irresistable line. The paper’s report of St Helena’s first...
View ArticleSt Helena Airport begins to receive weekly flights
The airport on St Helena has begun to receive weekly flights from South Africa. There are hopes that this development will increase tourism on the island, and boost its economy. Before the airport was...
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Who wants to go to St Helena where iPhones don’t work?
St Helena’s dismal internet connection will deter people from travelling to the Island when its airport is built, according to a telecoms blogger in Germany. Martin Sauter, “a thought leader” in the...
View ArticleSaint lands top job on airport project
St Helenian Janet Lawrence has been named as Airport Project Director by the island’s government. She says her role will be to ensure St Helena’s first-ever airport – costing nearly a quarter of a...
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Relying on tourism poses economic risk, warn territories
Warnings have been sounded about the perils of having an economy based largely on tourism – just as St Helena is trying to do exactly that with the building of its airport. Holidaymakers are seen as...
View Article‘Meet the minister if you want to be part of island’s future’
People in the UK who want a stake in St Helena’s future are being urged to turn up to a meeting with the Secretary of State for International Development. Securing time with Andrew Mitchell at Swindon...
View ArticleShip breakdown and runway problems leave travellers stranded across South...
People trying to travel to and from British Islands in the South Atlantic have been held up for days – and in some cases, weeks – by a double whammy of transport problems:The RMS St Helena has broken...
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