The Airport will act as an easy access point for French tourists. The greatest attraction St Helena has is the grave of Napoleon and it will be French tourists who will be the main economic source for the Island if they do it right..
Albertus Jansen Well i never knew... Well that was a big blunder by the british governement to allow his ashes to be returned to France.. That kind of shoots much of the tourist hopes in st helena in the foot doesn't it.... The real reason for the british building that air port must be strategic rather then economic. I wonder how much closer is St Helena is to the Falkland islands then Ascention island is?
Runway length will be 1650 m. That is kind of disappointing. If you are building an airport from the ground up, make it at least 2,5 km long so that it can serve long haul flights.
Brilliant engineering.
This island's history has been a roller coaster. Great to see it flourishing
how exciting. i would love to go there once the airport is complete :)
Well done Basil Read..
Was all the heavy equipment removed after the airport was completed.
This airport might just saved this island from extinction.
The Airport will act as an easy access point for French tourists. The greatest attraction St Helena has is the grave of Napoleon and it will be French tourists who will be the main economic source for the Island if they do it right..
AdstarAPAD The grave of Napoleon is in France, but he died at St.Helena after 6 years of his arrival there.
Albertus Jansen
Well i never knew... Well that was a big blunder by the british governement to allow his ashes to be returned to France.. That kind of shoots much of the tourist hopes in st helena in the foot doesn't it.... The real reason for the british building that air port must be strategic rather then economic. I wonder how much closer is St Helena is to the Falkland islands then Ascention island is?
How did the house all these employees.
Nooo, you will let Napoleon escape! :-)
awesome
Runway length will be 1650 m. That is kind of disappointing. If you are building an airport from the ground up, make it at least 2,5 km long so that it can serve long haul flights.
ilcool90 build it on the air??