Important flight information:
It is possible to visit Ascension Island. If you would like to do so you will need to apply for permission, in the form of an entry permit (see below). And you must have comprehensive travel and medical insurance.
Unless you are in an exempt category (e.g., active members of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces , USAF military contract personnel etc) and you wish to travel to Ascension for any purpose you must obtain a valid Entry Permit in advance and produce this to the Immigration Officer on arrival. Failure to do so is an offence under the Entry Control (Ascension) Ordinance and may result in a fine, and/or imprisonment. You may also be refused permission to land and be required to leave on the aircraft or vessel that you arrived on.
It is also a condition of the Entry Permit that you have obtained adequate travel and medical insurance to cover your stay including the possibility of air evacuation, which can be very expensive. You should be prepared to show this to the Immigration Officer on arrival.
Applications for Entry Permits should be made well in advance, preferably at least 28 days before your intended travel, except in case of genuine emergency. Note that flight bookings need to be confirmed before the 14 day cut-off point before a flight. This is a Ministry of Defence requirement. Bookings cannot be confirmed until you have been issued with an Entry Permit. It is therefore important that you do not leave it until close to the 14 day cut-off point to apply as this risks losing the booking and not being able to travel.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Please note with effect from the 1st October 2011 new Entry Permit Fees and Procedures will be implemented.
Click here to view the new Entry Permit Fees and Procedures
Please read the Entry Permit Guidance Notes before downloading and completing the relevent application form to suit your travel. The application forms should then be returned to one of the following:
Fax No: 00 (247) 6152
Email:
Accompanying Employment Dependants Entry Permit Application
Business Entry Permit Application
Contractor Sub Contractor Entry Permit Application
Employment Entry Permit Application
Tourist Entry Permit Application
Transit Entry Permit Application
(All form are PDF format, right click and select "Save Target As...”)
Fax No: 00 (247) 6152
Email:
Flights to Ascension Island depart from Brize norton (Please
see our links
page)
Departure/Arrival times:
The times below are to be used as a guideline only. The duration of each flight is approximately 9hrs. All times are in Local Time.
From Brize Norton (UK) to Ascension Island
Departs Brize Norton at approximately 2300hrs each Sunday
Departs Brize Norton at approximately 2300hrs each Wednesday
From Ascension Island to Brize Norton (UK)
Departs Ascension Island at approximately 2300hrs each Tuesday
Departs Ascension Island at approximately 2300hrs each Friday
As flight times are subject to change, you must check your latest check-in time with the Airport of Embarkation (AoE), 24 hours before the advertised departure time and again 12hrs before the advertised departure time.
Contact details for your AoE are as follows:
RAF Brize Norton Passenger Information Telephone 01993896050
RAF Ascension Passenger Information Telephone + (247) 3319
Please note: Only 20 seats per flight are allocated
to civilians, therefore advance bookings
are essential.
Baggage Allowance:
Baggage allowance for all St Helena,
Ascension and Falkland Islands residents are 54kgs each
adult, 27kgs each child and 5kgs each infant- which includes
4 kilos of hand baggage per person.
Baggage allowance for all non-residents
is 27kgs- which includes 4 kilos of hand baggage per person.
Excess baggage cannot be pre-booked
and it is not guaranteed that excess baggage will be accepted.
This will be at the discretion of the handler at check-in.
If excess baggage is accepted, charges will be levied
at the prevailing rate.
Cabin baggage - one piece - not
exceeding 18x12x9 Inches - 4 kgs
Warning:
As these flights are under the control of the RAF. It cannot
be guaranteed that seats will always be available despite
a seat confirmation, and that passengers may not be embarked
or may be offloaded if technical problems do occur with
the aircraft or the required Military payload on that flight
precludes a full compliment of passengers being carried.
Please note that the RAF reserve the right to change fares
without notice. Even after payment has been received, fare
increases by the RAF might affect the final price you pay
for your flight. If the RAF increase the fare before your
travel date you may have to pay the difference in advance.
These are the standard conditions of carriage by air as
offered by the RAF at the time of ticket issuance.
Passenger
information provided by the RAF is available here: (Click
to open/download)
Customs Duties:
Arriving passengers may have personal imports, duty free,
up to the following amounts per adult:
200 cigarettes OR 250 gms tobacco
1 litre of spirits
2 litres of wine OR 12 x 340 mls beer
Visitors accommodation and Car
hire on Ascension Island
Please visit our links
page for details.
Additional charges:
A landing fee of £11.00 is payable on arrival at Ascension
Island Wideawake Airfield or at the Police Station for all
passengers.
FARES: UK TO ASCENSION AND
VICE VERSA
1st November 2010
Following notification from the Ministry of Defence that fares on the South Atlantic Airbridge are to increase by approximately 10% with effect from 1 November, the following are the new fares for travel between Ascension and Brize Norton. (Fares include the administration fee which at the same time increases from £30 to £32).
The Ministry of Defence has said that it will honour bookings for the period after 1 November accepted by AIG and FIG prior to 16 October, at the previous prices. This will include the Christmas bookings already made.
|
Single Fare |
£524.00 |
|
Return Fare |
£1,005.00 |
Where flight departs UK, £40
Air Passenger Duty is included in the ticket price
PREMIUM ECONOMY
For enquiries to book Premium Economy seating please contact
AITA on e-mail
or telephone + 247 6500
Premium Economy seating is sold by AITA on behalf of the
Falkland Islands Travel Agency.
| PREMIUM ECONOMY SINGLE FARE |
£1175 |
| PREMIUM ECONOMY RETURN FARE |
£2310 |
Flight applications submitted to the MOD less than 10 days
prior to the flight will incur an additional £30 administration
fee.
Notes:
| 1. |
Children under 2 years
of age |
Travel Free (provided
they do not occupy a seat).
Sky cots are provided free of charge. |
| 2 |
Children aged
2 and over |
Full Adult
Fare |
| 3. |
Bookings less
than 14 days notice |
Seats must
be requested from the RAF, there is no guarantee seating
may be available |
| 4. |
Bookings between
14 and 10 days notice |
No additional
charge on standard fares |
| 5. |
Bookings less
than 10 days notice |
Additional
£30 charge on standard fares |
| 6. |
Cancellations
more than 10 days notice |
Cancellations
or change of flight will be charged a fee of £30
per person |
| 7. |
Cancellation
more than 10 days notice |
Full refund
minus £30.00 per person |
| 8. |
Cancellation
less than 10 days notice |
No refund |
| 9. |
Amendments
less than 10 days notice |
All requests/amendments
(other than to itinerary), will be charged an amendment
fee of £30 per person e.g. request for aisle seat,
vegetarian meal etc .These amendments exclude changes
of flight, which shall be treated as a cancellation
and re-booking. |
FREIGHT
| Standard rate |
£3.05
per kilo |
| Excess baggage
rate |
£10.00
per kilo |
PAYMENT
The opening hours of the AIG Booking Office are
between 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday (GMT).
Bookings can be made in person, by
telephone +247 6500, Fax + 247 6827, or through www.ascension-flights.com
Payment may be made by the following
methods:
1. By credit
card/debit card/switch/maestro/solo
(Please note a handling charge
may be applied to credit card payments)
2. Bank
transfer (local or UK)
3. Cash
(Locally only)
4. Cheque
(Locally only)
All flights must be paid for in full at the time of confirming a booking.
Payments received late will risk losing their booking and/or
being charged at standard economy rates.
ENQUIRIES
If you have any queries please contact the Office
on telephone no. +00 247 6500 or e-mail Ascension Island Travel Agency on e-mail
