![]() Only 10 seats are sold to civilians on each flight – book earlyĢ. Some important things to remember/ comments:ġ. Premium Class (Premium economy) around GBP620 one-way and GBP1190 returnįares do not vary (except perhaps up) – there are no specials, discounts, etc so don’t hang out looking for them. Standard Class (Economy) around GBP510 one-way and GBP960 return Ascension Island is on GMT all year round.įrom Brize Norton (UK) to Ascension Islandĭeparts Brize Norton at approximately 2300hrs each Sundayĭeparts Brize Norton at approximately 2300hrs each Wednesdayįrom Ascension Island to Brize Norton (UK)ĭeparts Ascension Island at approximately 2300hrs each Tuesdayĭeparts Ascension Island at approximately 2300hrs each Friday The duration of each flight is approximately 9hrs. Food is reasonable and standard airline fare but all brought from the UK so if your returning to the UK from Ascension it has been on the plane a couple of days. As such, do not be upset if on check in you are not seated beside your travelling companion(s) – it means they are giving you a few seats. Leg room is more generous than normal and when I flew (and I understand this is normal) the plane was less than half full. The plane is leased from and operated by Portuguese company Hi-Fly. The RAF flight is a twice weekly flight from Brize Norton to the Falkland Islands via Ascension Island which then returns to Brize Norton via Ascension.ĭon’t worry you will not be sitting on a hard bench in a Hercules. ![]() There are no commercial flights to Ascension Island and the only flight you can get is a Royal Air Force (RAF) flight from Brize Norton in Oxford, England or from the Falkland Islands – it’s the same flight. See my separate tip, Ascension by Sea, for arrival by sea. What makes life easy (if not cheap!) is that there is only one option for each – different and interesting though they are. 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.įlights are unlikely to resume prior to 2019/20, per the UK Ministry of Defence.Įxcluding being a passenger on a cruise ship or yacht there are two ways of getting to or from Ascension Island – by air or by sea. Accordingly tourist access is now only possible by sea on the RMS St Helena. 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. Effective April 2017 it is no longer possible for civilians to fly into or out of Ascension Island.
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