For what it is worth, the crash into Mt. Erebus was a sightseeing flight which was not intended to land; just overflight to look and return. Those flights were abandoned, at that time, but transport of people and supplies to and from Antarctica and South Pole has continued.
---------------------------------------- *From: *Amarnath S Murthy via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> *To: *mifnet@lists.mifnet.com *CC: *Amarnath S Murthy <amarmur...@icloud.com> *Date: *Aug 1, 2025 14:50:56 *Subject: *[Mifnet 🛰 73461] Re: Fw: Pilot with 22 years of experience reveals place he would NEVER go near > There is scheduled service from Punta Arenas, Chile using BAe 146 aircraft. > All the best, > Amar > > ✈️ Sent from a mobile device, please excuse typos ✈️ > >> On Aug 1, 2025, at 06:29, Tom Ronell via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> There are also flights from Chile. >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> *From: *Tom Ronell via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> >> *To: *Kathryn Creedy via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> >> *CC: *Tom Ronell <tron...@verizon.net> >> *Date: *Aug 1, 2025 14:27:34 >> *Subject: *[Mifnet 🛰 73459] Re: Fw: Pilot with 22 years of experience >> reveals place he would NEVER go near >> >>> >>> There are commercial flights and charter flights year-round, including >>> commercial widebodies such as A340. You can catch a Volga-Dnepr IL-76 from >>> CapeTown to South Pole a couple of times per week. >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >>> *From: *Kathryn Creedy via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> >>> *To: *mifnet@lists.mifnet.com >>> *CC: *Kathryn Creedy <kcre...@gmail.com> >>> *Date: *Aug 1, 2025 14:07:25 >>> *Subject: *[Mifnet 🛰 73458] Re: Fw: Pilot with 22 years of experience >>> reveals place he would NEVER go near >>> >>>> I think they stopped commercial flight after the crash into the mountain >>>> years ago. Kathryn >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM srbrown via Mifnet >>>> <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> wrote: >>>>> Are there any "commercial flights" to Antarctica? 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