MAINTAINING ACCESS TO ST HELENA
UPDATE - 26 MAY 2016
· Intensive work is ongoing to put in place an optimum transport package to guarantee passenger and freight access to St Helena - both in terms of a scheduled air service and shipping - but we are not quite there yet
· Aircraft options have been refined and shortlisted and we are now looking at availability and timings for aircraft
· DFID is in discussion with SHG about continuing the services of the RMS St Helena so that there is continued access to and from the Island for the people of St Helena
· We absolutely appreciate that people need to plan. We re-emphasise that access to St Helena will be assured
· Naturally, this work is being undertaken in close partnership with DFID
· In the meantime, we can confirm that emergency medevac flights could now land in the event of a life threatening emergency on St Helena. Other small charters can also land and we have had some interest in doing that. All aircraft need to comply with the Category C Airport conditions
· These steps are bringing us closer to scheduled operations
SHG
Would be interesting to know if Comair is still interested ...