This is an extract from a recent blog post by Darrin Henry on his and Sharon Henry's popular blog site 'What The Saints Did Next'... Islanders on St Helena starved of information for more than six months concerning the fate of air access, saw despair brushed aside by the heroic, entrepreneurial spirit of Atlantic Star’s commercial airline ambition, when they coolly landed an AVRO RJ100 jet plane at the island’s much maligned airport. The four-engine, British made aircraft des

The team from Atlantic Star Airlines and Tronos Aviation Leasing took off from Zurich airport earlier today on the first leg of their ferry flight to South America via St Helena. The Avro RJ100 regional jet will travel via fuel stops in Marrakesh, Banjul and Ascension Island, before arriving in St Helena on Friday afternoon. The total distance will be 4500 miles over 4 European and 6 African territories. Captain Richard Brown, commenting on the successful departure stated: "M

A question was raised today in the House of Lords by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock regarding Atlantic Star Airlines and St.Helena airport. You can watch the discussion here: Or read the transcript below, which can also be read online on the House of Lords Hansard. St Helena: Airport Question 14:36:00 Asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they now expect commercial flights to start at the airport in St Helena. The Minister of State, Department for Int

St.Helena Government announced earlier today that the team at Atlantic Star have plans in the pipeline for a ferry flight to pass through St.Helena next week. The aircraft we are using is a British built AVRO RJ100 jet aircraft. The AVRO is well suited to operations at St.Helena as it has excellent handling characteristics in turbulent conditions and is able to land on short runways thanks to a combination of 4 engines, high wing, T-tail, air-brake and carbon wheel brakes. Ou