Atlantic Star Airlines

Atlantic Star Airlines was incorporated as a private limited company in England & Wales on 20 November 2012.^[9] In June 2013 Atlantic Star Airlines announced that it planned to offer weekly direct flights from London to St. Helena with a fuel stop most likely at Madrid–Barajas Airport,^[10][11] and a weekly flight from St Helena to Cape Town.^[4]

According to Atlantic Star Airlines, any airline starting on the new St Helena route would need financial subsidies during the first years of operation while passenger numbers pick up.^[10]

In July 2015 the airline announced that negotiations to use a Titan Airways aircraft had been terminated and this will cause a delay to the proposed service.^[12]

In October 2015 Atlantic Star Airlines announced that their new leasing agreement would be with TUI fly Netherlands, who will operate a Boeing 737-800 on the route from London Gatwick Airport to St Helena, via a short fuel stop in Banjul, Gambia. The two-class configuration will offer Economy and Economy Plus seating options.

In the same month, Atlantic Star also confirmed the details of its first flight.^[13] It planned to depart in the late evening of 20 March 2016, arriving mid-morning in St Helena the following day. The aircraft will then leave St Helena around lunchtime, to arrive back at Gatwick that night. The second service will operate to a similar schedule, leaving Gatwick on 3 April to arrive in St Helena on 4 April, departing St Helena the same day to arrive at London Gatwick late that night. The dates required rescheduling due to a delay in the opening of the airport.^[14]

In October 2016 the airline trialled the use of an Avro RJ100 aircraft at St Helena.^[15]

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