Comair

Uh, but the junior ones of us, we had to go and look for something else.

So I went to Comair.

Uh, wonderful.

I knew some guys at Comair, and I To two, almost three really wonderful years flying at Comair.

What did you fly?

Uh, ATR42s.

Mm

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There was just one more step.

As one last hurdle of bureaucracy, Comair, the airline contracted to operate flights to St Helena, wanted to perform an implementation flight, as they called it.

Essentially, they were going to fly one of their planes in to test that everything from the instruments to the runway to the terminal to the fuel system worked.

Now, Comair was really the perfect airline to connect St Helena to the world.

They're a British Airways franchisee, meaning they are contracted by British Airways to operate their regional flights from South Africa and therefore fly a number of routes around the region under the British Airways brand.

The plan was for Comair to operate a British Airways route nonstop from Johannesburg to St Helena.

These flights would seamlessly connect to other British Airways flights to the two locations Saints travel most, Cape Town and London, as well as with hundreds of other destinations around the world.

With the exception of a direct flight to the UK, there's really nothing better St Helena Airport could have wished for.