Lord Jones of Cheltenham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones of Cheltenham on 2015-12-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will announce the new opening date for the airport on St Helena in order to bring certainty to investors in the island and to enable potential visitors to make appropriate travel plans from January 2016.

Baroness Verma

St Helena Government recently announced that subject to final certification and operational readiness, St Helena Airport is expected to be accepting commercial flights before the planned official opening of the Airport in May 2016. They plan to issue further information at the end of January 2016.