Resumption of Inter-island Airlink Service

9 February 2022

Government, Travel and Shipping

Flight schedule from March 2022 to January 2023 announced

AIG is pleased to announce that the regular Airlink operated inter-island service between Ascension and St Helena is scheduled to resume operations from 26 March 2022. The Airlink service has been suspended since April 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the recent relaxation of restrictions on travellers from South Africa entering the UK and Europe, work has been underway to restore the regular scheduled air service between South Africa, St Helena and Ascension. The inter-island service will operate every fourth weekend from the date of commencement. As before, when the service calls at Ascension the aircraft will overnight on the island before making the return journey to South Africa via St Helena. To accommodate peak periods of demand, additional flights will operate during July, September, December and January. The schedule is as follows:

Date	Flight	Date	Flight
26 March 2022	HLE – ASI	10 September 2022	HLE – ASI
27 March 2022	ASI – HLE	11 September 2022	ASI – HLE
23 April 2022	HLE – ASI	08 October 2022	HLE – ASI
24 April 2022	ASI – HLE	09 October 2022	ASI – HLE
21 May 2022	HLE – ASI	05 November 2022	HLE – ASI
22 May 2022	ASI – HLE	06 November 2022	ASI – HLE
18 June 2022	HLE – ASI	03 December 2022	HLE – ASI
19 June 2022	ASI – HLE	04 December 2022	ASI – HLE
16 July 2022	HLE – ASI	17 December 2022	HLE – ASI
17 July 2022	ASI – HLE	18 December 2022	ASI – HLE
30 July 2022	HLE – ASI	07 January 2023	HLE – ASI
31 July 2022	ASI – HLE	08 January 2023	ASI – HLE
27 August 2022	HLE – ASI	21 January 2023	HLE – ASI
28 August 2022	ASI – HLE	22 January 2023	ASI – HLE

Although the Airlink service is resuming, due to the ongoing restoration works at Wideawake runway, there will be aircraft payload restrictions in place until approximately April 2023. As such, there will be some limitations placed on the number of passengers that can board each flight, although flights are expected to be able to operate at near regular capacity in most instances.

The inter-island air service is funded by employing organisations. As such, they will continue to be given priority for bookings. Members of public that live and work in Ascension should therefore speak to their employer about making reservations on the service for the purpose of taking contractual leave. Alternatively, members of the public can register their interest in booking seats privately through flight.bookings@ascension.gov.ac.