Britain to finance £200m first airport for Saint Helena

Saint Helena, the island in the southern Atlantic where Napoleon was sent in exile, will become a little less remote in 2015 with the opening of its first airport, financed by the British government.
The £200m project will see the first flights to the island, which has a population of a little over 4,000. It is hoped the airport will increase the number of visitors annually from around 900 to 30,000, and reduce the island’s dependency on British aid, which totalled £26m last year.
Napoleon was sent to Saint Helena in 1815 after his defeat at the battle of Waterloo, and died there six years later.
Article source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/03/saint-helena-airport-napoleon-tourism

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