Start of work on a military base in the Malvinas Islands for the second flight to the mainland – 05/10/2019

In the Falkland Islands, prepare already the airport facilities of the British base of Mount Pleasant for when it will start operating the second commercial flight that will unite the islands with the mainland and will make a monthly stopover and return to the city of Córdoba, on his weekly itinerary to Sao Paulo, Brazil.

First there will be temporary installations, then civilian-based facilities on a titanic-sized base initially designed for military use after the British victory over Argentina in the 1982 war.

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Barry Eslby, Island Fleet Policy Officer, announced the Clarin that the island government prepare for the final commissioning of the new San Pablo-Mount Pleasant from the first week of November. More precisely Wednesdays.

That day, there is another flight to the United Kingdom, but on a Royal Air Force plane with few civilian seats and some regularity issues.

This new flight that will operate the Latam has been delayed, first because Argentina and the United Kingdom have been slow to agree on the place of call on the mainland.

The islanders did not want it to be Buenos Aires. Later, there were formalities with commercial aviation entities. In consultation with this newspaper, the Latin American authorities have been reluctant to provide information until it is in its final phase.

The second flight corresponds to the declaration signed between Buenos Aires and London in september 2016, which served as a road map on several bilateral issues and also with regard to the South Atlantic conflict.

The flight will be added to the one already existed since 1999, fruit of other agreements: it is also operated by the Latam and performs the route Santiago de Chile, Punta Arenas, Malvinas, every Saturday. The second Saturday of the month stops at Río Gallegos, the third returns to the same city.

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"We are working to complete the work in the arrival and departure facilities at Mount Pleasant," said Elsby. "It's going to take a while, and in the meantime, we're going to make room for what he's doing for the arrangements for this new flight. "

Meanwhile, Brigadier Nick Sawyer, commander of the British forces for the South Atlantic, stationed in the islands, told the agency Mercopress he planned directly the construction of a different terminal chance for civil use, respecting specific safety measures and able to treat pbadengers. It will take between 3 and 5 years. Anyone who travels to Malvinas takes note of the strict measures in force – you can not take pictures – at the base where, after the war, there were up to 5,000 soldiers. Today, they do not reach the year 2000. It works like a military airport.

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By the way, islanders remain hypersensitive to the Argentine factor. In recent weeks, several national flag deployments and legends of "The Falklands are from Argentina" or "National Territory" have occurred. They were executed by Argentine veterans, who were detained.

"The islanders are disturbed by some Argentinian visitors who come to the islands for political reasons and who adopt behaviors that cause distress among the islanders," said Elsby.

"We welcome all the veterans of Argentina and the United Kingdom who simply wish to go to the places where they fought in 1982 and try to break the ghosts of the war that still haunts them, but we will not tolerate not attitudes that arouse anxiety. "warned Elsby. He stressed that visitors received explanations as soon as they arrived on the island territory and added: "We are seeing an increase in the number of Argentineans who visit us during cruises".