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Comair appointed official St Helena airline

27th March 2015

By: Megan van Wyngaardt

Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

  

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The government of St Helena (SHG) and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) on Friday appointed airline Comair as the provider of air services to St Helena with the island’s first airport opening in 2016.

Comair would offer a weekly Saturday service, using a new Boeing 737-800 type aircraft in a two-class configuration, with the flight time from Johannesburg to St Helena being five hours.

“As St Helena approaches an exciting new chapter in her history, to have such a well-established and highly regarded operator as Comair providing our air service represents a real vote of confidence in the island and our new airport,” governor Mark Capes said.

“It is a huge bonus for St Helena, and a welcome boost for our tourism effort, that Comair has a close association with British Airways, which opens the door to the global network of one of the most recognised and trusted brands in the aviation business,” he added.

SHG and DFID further announced hotel group Mantis as the preferred operator of the 32-room 123 Main Street Hotel. “This marks another important step in the evolution of St Helena Island as a new tourism destination,” the government said in a release.

Construction on the hotel, which would open in the first half of 2016, would start in July. Bar and restaurant facilities in the hotel would be open to the public.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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