The first conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way commercial airplane has landed on the conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way British island of St Helena in the conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way of the South Atlantic. The SA AirLink service from South Africa touched down at Saint Helena Airport on Saturday with 68 conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way on board. One conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way , Libby Weir-Breen, a British travel operator, had flown from Scotland conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way to be on the flight. She said: "I've never felt so emotional in all my conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way . I never thought I'd see this conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way ." The inaugural flight marks a new era of accessibility for the island, which is 1,900 km west of the African conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way of Angola. Previously, the only conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way of getting to Saint Helena was by a ship that sailed once every three weeks from Cape Town, South Africa. Despite the positive conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way and economic effects the airport will have for the island and its conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way , the British media have dubbed it as "the most conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way airport in the world". The airport was built with $380m of British taxpayers' conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way . That's $80,000 for each of the island's conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way . It was beset with delays and was due to open in 2016, but dangerous wind conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way delayed the conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way . The Governor of Saint Helena, Lisa Phillips, dismissed the conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way . She said: "I've seen the headlines about the world's most useless airport, but for St Helena, this has already been the most useful airport. It's priceless." She added: "I for one am getting really conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way about the new chapter in St Helena's conditions criticism day especially excited history inhabitants launch life middle money nation passenger passengers remote scheduled social tourism useless way ."