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 0600hrs each Friday
Departs Brize Norton at approximately 1200hrs each Friday
From Ascension Island to Brize Norton (UK)
Departs Ascension Island at approximately 1210hrs each Saturday
Departs Ascension Island at approximately 1815hrs each Saturday
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
Following confirmation from MOD and Foreign and Commonwealth
Office please be advised that the commercial flights fares
on the South Atlantic Air Bridge will be as follows.
FARES: UK TO ASCENSION
AND VICE VERSA
20th August 2010
|
Single Fare
|
£476.00
|
|
Return Fare
|
£911.00
|
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 |
£2.82
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 Jolene Sim on e-mail