Airlink flights connecting Cape Town and St Helena Island have made their seasonal return.
Flights between South Africa’s ‘Mother City’ and the South Atlantic Island will operate every Saturday until 29 March 2025. These flights augment the weekly Johannesburg-St Helena schedule, which will operate on Tuesdays for the duration of the summer season.
Before 2017, when commercial flights to St Helena’s newly built airport began operating, the only way to reach the island was a five-day sea voyage from Cape Town. Today, Airlink puts this bucket-list destination within easy reach of visitors. It’s a six-hour flight from Cape Town to Jamestown, with a brief re-fuelling stop in Walvis Bay. For travellers with a keen sense of adventure and history, St Helena remains one of the most unspoiled, fascinating and unforgettable places to visit. It is a privilege to be entrusted with this route.
Matt Joshua, Head of Tourism for St Helena says the seasonal Cape Town-St Helena route is invaluable for local residents with ties to South Africa, South African tourists, and international visitors from the UK, Europe and beyond. Cape Town is a launchpad for tourism. By linking the Mother City directly with St Helena, Airlink is providing a convenient and reliable service to a destination with a unique mystique for many. It really is a destination like no other.
Lying in the middle of the South Atlantic and once a critical port of call between Europe and Asia, St Helena is now home to nearly 4,000 residents – all ready to introduce visitors to the island’s extraordinary history, traditions, landscape, wildlife and nature. From unmatched walking and hiking trails to birding, diving, snorkelling and photographic expeditions, the island awaits – now only a flight away from Cape Town.
About St Helena Island
St Helena is one of the world’s most remote islands. It is a subtropical paradise where the mountainous terrain and microclimates create an astounding diversity of landscapes all within a few minutes’ drive. Boasting clean air, a sparkling ocean environment, and a safe community (pop. 4,439), St Helena is an off-the-beaten-track, bucket-list destination. Boasting more than 500 plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth, the island is also renowned for its diving and marine experiences. Additionally, St Helena is home to Jonathan the Tortoise, the world’s oldest living land animal!
Flights to St Helena can be booked from Johannesburg and Cape Town to St Helena with Airlink, which has recently doubled its scheduled flight service between South Africa and St Helena to a seasonal twice-weekly flight. The full schedule of flights can be found on www.flyairlink.com
