http://whatthesaintsdidnext.com/2016/04/05/the-brand-new-st-helena-airport-is-amazing/
L'aeroporto e' ormai pronto.
L'aeroporto e' ormai pronto.
PICTURES: Comair 737 arrives at new St Helena airport
South African carrier Comair has carried out the first large passenger jet landing at the new St Helena airport.
The carrier operated a Boeing 737-800 (ZS-ZWG) which touched down just after 12:00 on 19 April.
British Airways franchise partner Comair recently took delivery of the aircraft – painted in BA livery – which has been configured specifically to serve the Johannesburg-St Helena route.
The initial operation to the island airport was an implementation flight to test the route, ground operations and handling, ahead of commencement of scheduled services.
“We did a few practice approaches just to make sure we understood the approach,” says the carrier’s operations director, Martin Louw. “Safety is always paramount.”
Comair’s 737 will operate several test flights at the airport, says the St Helena government, before the jet departs on 20 April.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/st-helena-airport-opening-postponed-again-a7002226.htmlSt Helena airport opening postponed - again
Prince Edward was due to launch flights to one of the world's most isolated territories next month
The royal opening of a new airport on one of the world’s most remote islands has been indefinitely postponed. Air services to the £250m St Helena airport has been shelved while investigations take place into the risk from windshear, in which the speed and direction of wind close to the ground changes dramatically.
Prince Edward was due to fly in next month to open the airport on 21 May - St Helena Day. He was expected to arrive on the first passenger flight from Johannesburg to the South Atlantic island. That plan has now been scrapped.
St Helena is 1,200 miles from the African mainland. Its lifeline to the rest of the world is RMS St Helena, which takes five days to sail between Cape Town and the island. The airport was due to open in February, but that date was postponed by three months “to fine tune the operational readiness”.
A test flight of a Boeing 737 landed at the airport last week, the first time a large passenger jet had done so. The plane, operated by Comair, is the aircraft expected to be used on the link from South Africa. At the time, the airline's operations director, Martin Louw, said: “The flight itself was a ‘non-event’ - beautiful over the sea with a fantastic view of the Island coming into land."
But it has emerged that the flight revealed concerns about windshear on the approach to the runway from the north.
The St Helena Government statement announcing the postponement read: “As a result of the data gathered and the conditions experienced, it has been decided that there is some additional work to be done in order to ensure the safe operation of scheduled passenger flights.
“The Official Opening of St Helena Airport will now take place at a later date which has yet to be determined.”
Another airline, Atlantic Star, has been forced to postpone its planned link from Luton to St Helena. The first flight, which requires a refuelling stop in the Gambian capital, Banjul, was due to take off a day after the official opening.
Windshear has been deemed responsible for dozens of plane crashes. Dr Todd Curtis, founder of the airsafe.com website, said: “Innovations in aircraft and ground windshear detection systems, and also crew training, have led to a reduction in the risk.”
The nearest diversion airport is Lubango in Angola, about 1,300 miles away.
Peccato che sono via tutto il w.e., altrimenti la gioia di andarne a parlare con quel collega imperialista, quello del "thank God they didn't use those Italians (Impregilo) otherwise only the Lord knew when it'd have opened"...
Peccato che sono via tutto il w.e., altrimenti la gioia di andarne a parlare con quel collega imperialista, quello del "thank God they didn't use those Italians (Impregilo) otherwise only the Lord knew when it'd have opened"...
Una volta ho guardato un video in cui un aereo BA atterrava causa emergenza. Ebbene sotto i commenti una frase del tipo ''solo un inglese con la mente fredda avrebbe potuto affrontare una situazione del genere''. Io così :morto:
Ma non e' affatto vero. Quello che scrive TTG e' falso.Fine dell'esilio, ora a Sant'Elena si arriva in aereo
L’isola di Sant’Elena non sarà più un Paese per esiliati. Da domani, infatti, verrà ufficialmente inaugurato l’aeroporto della destinazione, sinora raggiungibile solo via mare.
Sperduta in mezzo all’Atlantico, l’isola che fu l’ultimo degli esili di Napoleone Bonaparte a breve sarà raggiungibile in 5 ore di volo da Johannesburg, Sudafrica. Per il momento è previsto un solo collegamento settimanale, ma effettivamente, per chi era abituato a essere separato dalla terraferma più vicina giorni e giorni di navigazione, si tratta di un vero stravolgimento.
I lavori di costruzione dello scalo, costato circa 350 milioni di sterline, sono stati finanziati dal Governo Britannico a cui l’isola di fatto appartiene. Su Corriere.it una fotogallery su come sono avanzati i lavori dell’aeroporto. TTG
Ma non e' affatto vero. Quello che scrive TTG e' falso.
L'aeroporto non ha passato i recenti test inerenti a wind shear e turbolenze, pertanto e' tuttora chiuso fino a data da destinarsi.
Prego leggere pagina 2 di questo thread.
Hopes for island tourism turn into flight of fancy
The Department for International Development will establish an independent panel to look at resolving the problem of the £285.5m airport it funded on the Atlantic island of St Helena, according to the Financial Times. It notes that severe wind shear has meant that British Airways' subsidiary Comair had to suspend its service to the island on safety grounds. The piece notes that the options open to ministers included 'blasting the tops off King and Queen rocks', extending the runway or accepting the airport cannot be used, and funding a replacement passenger ship service.
Qui invece sta sotto alla notizia di Sam Allardyce che spiega come truccare le partite, e dietro l'insertone di 4 pagine del Daily Mail sulla sfida dei vestiti tra Kate e la moglie di Trudeau...