Getting to Ascension Island By Air

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Effective April 2017 it is no longer possible for civilians to fly into or out of Ascension Island.  The Airbus A330 Voyager aircraft now used on the route between RAF Brize Norton, Ascension Island and the Falkland Islands is too heavy to land at Ascension Island. Accordingly tourist access is now only possible by sea on the RMS St Helena. I retain this review, originally written in 2013, as a personal record and in the hope that it might be of some historical interest to my reader. Continue reading “Getting to Ascension Island By Air”