Category Archives: Airport

VIDEO: 5,000 tonnes of explosives and fuel by the shipload: why St Helena’s airport builders are careful with matches

Posted on 15 June, 2013 by

About 22 million litres of fuel and 5,000 tonnes of explosives will have been shipped out to St Helena for the island’s airport project by the time it is finished. The scale of the challenge is brought home in a … Continue reading →

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No flights from London? Woah, I’m going to Barbados…

Posted on 14 June, 2013 by

St Helena will lose out to luxury destinations such as The Maldives and Barbados if it does not have direct flights from Europe, one of the men behind a potential airline for the island has warned. The team setting up … Continue reading →

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Airline dream that began with a map on the kitchen floor

Posted on 14 June, 2013 by

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 Richard Brown … Continue reading →

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Island ‘could not cope’ with plane crash, warns medic

Posted on 17 May, 2013 by

Medical teams on St Helena would struggle to cope with a major accident at the island’s new airport, a visiting doctor has warned. Dr Ahmad Risk, who has been qualified for 40 years, has acted as a healthcare consultant as … Continue reading →

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Intrepid South Africans playing key role in St Helena airport adventure

Posted on 26 April, 2013 by

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 by Ship Jimmy … Continue reading →

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Aconex reports that Basil Read will Use Aconex for Saint Helena Airport Project

Posted on 9 April, 2013 by

Project Information Management System Supports Collaboration for Historic Development JAMESTOWN, SAINT HELENA — (Marketwired) — 04/09/13 — Aconex, provider of the world’s most widely used online project collaboration solutions for the infrastructure, construction, power, mining, and oil and gas industries, … Continue reading →

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Engineering News reports New R49m St Helena power station project to be completed by April

Posted on 9 April, 2013 by

Barloworld Power expects the St Helena Island’s diesel generator power station improvement project to be fully completed by April, following the installation of the final generator and facility handover in February. The power company was awarded a R49-million contract in … Continue reading →

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St Helena joins global Earth Hour. Shame about the satellite

Posted on 23 March, 2013 by

People on St Helena were being urged to form up at Francis Plain on Saturday, 23 March 2013, to spell out a giant “2016″ – the year the island’s airport is due to be open. The plan was to photograph … Continue reading →

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Waste management – the answer for remote islands

Posted on 12 March, 2013 by

St Helena’s new scheme to manage its waste – including recycling – gets a mention in an article in Waste Management World. It says small islands “simply could not support the development of this sort of facility without external funding … Continue reading →

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Ascension voyages saved in new RMS schedule

Posted on 31 July, 2012 by

A feared cut to the number of RMS St Helena voyages to Ascension island appears to have been averted. Julian Morris, head of economic development, revealed details of the ship’s proposed schedule at a meeting with the St Helena tourism association. He said: … Continue reading →

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