Flights to Ascension Island, flight information and ticket details.

Important flight information:

All visitors to Ascension Island require entry approval prior to travel. All visitors must complete and return the "Ascension Island Entry Permit" prior to traveling. This form may be downloaded here (PDF format, right click and select "Save Target As...") and should be faxed back to +(247) 6152.
The Ascension Island entry permit is the equivalent of a travel Visa.
If you do not have pre approved entry permission you will most likely not receive permission to travel.

Please submit your entry form at the earliest opportunity to enable immigration procedures to take place prior to the issue of your flight ticket. In normal circumstances please allow a minimum of 28 days.
Urgent applications should be marked as such and faxed to +(247) 6152.
All visitors must be in possession of a full medical insurance policy which covers medical evacuation by air.
You must have personal medical insurance before traveling.
If you are employed on Ascension Island your employer might provide medical insurance on your behalf; please make sure before you travel.

Flights to Ascension Island depart from Brize norton (Please see our links page)

Departure/Arrival times:

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
16 December 2009

Single Fare	£476.00
Return Fare	£911.00

Where flight departs UK, £40 Air Passenger Duty is included in the ticket price

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 date 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 date, 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