Wow - opening of the airport delayed - that's a biggy. Depending on how long the delay is could affect the removal from service of the RMS St Helena.
South Atlantic Media Services says on its facebook page that there is a rumour that Comair are looking at using a "smaller plane".
If that is true, it puts the whole economics of the operation in a different light - lower tourist revenues both for the airline and the island in general (and maybe longer UK Government subsidy).
One thing which the Comair Ops Director mentioned in interview was that the turbulence and windshear seems to be less of an issue for runway 02, but using that routinely would mean accepting a significant tailwind. And besides that, the localizer is set up only for Runway 20.
Of course, it all depends how much of a smaller plane they're thinking about. If it has significantly smaller range, it could mean a refuelling stop at Walvis Bay, for example.
And what would a different plane do to the fares that have been quoted?
Developments eagerly awaited!