It is expected that the re-routing will continue for the foreseeable future. The runway requires essential repairs to continue accommodating larger aircraft, such as those used for the South Atlantic Airbridge. What is the situation regarding the Ascension Island and Airbridge flights?ĭue to essential repairs required to the Ascension Island runway, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is temporarily rerouting the South Atlantic Airbridge via alternative airports, currently using West Africa. Since the flights will be calling in West Africa, there are some recommendations regarding vaccines.įollowing are some of the questions, and answers, regarding the overall rerouting situation. Ascenson island, in mid Atlantic, is a crucial call point for the long airbridge to the Falklands.ĭespite the cancelling of a couple of airbridge flights to the Falklands, as of Wednesday, and for the rest of the week, the situation is expected to be normal, according to FIG and the UK Ministry of Defense, which are providing extensive information both for northbound and southbound flights. The Falkland Islands government has made further announcements regarding the South Atlantic Airbridge, which has been rerouted because of the temporary closure of Ascension Island runway, but now seems to be back in track to normalizing via alternative airports in West Africa. While in West Africa stop-over, passengers will be required to stay aboard, since there is a very low risk of yellow fever, malaria and Zika Wednesday's southbound flight from Brize Norton, and return from MPA on Friday has been announced by FIG and MoD.
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