COVID-19

Preparations are well underway at Guernsey Ports as the Bailiwick welcomes back returning students from the UK as part of the States of Guernsey’s ‘Operation Jingle Bells’ plan. Additional flights from a variety of UK destinations and sailings have been scheduled through December with arriving passengers expected to peak on Friday 4 December 2020. Head of Passenger Operations & Aviation…

Due to social distancing guidelines, and space constraints in the landside arrivals hall, Guernsey Ports is discouraging family/friends to greet students in the passenger terminal buildings at airports or the harbour. Family/friends collecting passengers and students by car from Guernsey Airport will need to park in the main carpark, (parking will be free for the duration of collection). It is…

All organisations involved in the processing of arriving passengers from outside the Bailiwick using Guernsey Airport’s Covid-19 testing facility reported a successful start to the first day of the 5C travel regulations being in operation as part of the Bailiwick’s exit from lockdown. The first flight into Guernsey, when the regulations came into force, arrived from Southampton with six…

Passengers arriving in Guernsey through St Peter Port harbour and Guernsey Airport will beasked to resume social distancing measures when being processed through the terminalarrivals hall. This following an update to advice from the States of Guernsey’s Public Health Servicesteam, due to more cases of COVID-19 being recorded by the UK and European healthauthorities. As part of the control…

Effective from Monday 21 September 2020 to Saturday 24 October 2020 inclusive.  Guernsey Airport (all times are local) Terminal Opening Hours: Weekdays 05:30 to 21:00  Saturday 05:30 to 19:15 Sunday 08:30 to 21:00  Airport Operating Hours: Weekdays 06:30 to 21:00  Saturday 06:30 to 21:00  Sunday 06:30 to 21:00  Notes  There are no changes to current medevac…

The States of Guernsey has published detailed information for those arriving in the Bailiwick in phase '5b' of its Exit from Lockdown, which begins on Monday 17 August. The new information and guidance can be found on https://covid19.gov.gg/guidance/travel It includes guidance on what passengers need to know ahead of their arrival into the Bailiwick, such as what information they will need to…

Guernsey Airport’s Duty Free Shop and the Bailiwick Bar and Kitchen café in the Departure Lounge have now reopened to customers following closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bailiwick Bar and Kitchen café will be serving a revised food menu and refreshments for departing passengers, and the Duty Free shop is once again selling a wide range of products and unique local gifts. Guernsey…

Guernsey and the Isle of Man have agreed to form an ‘air bridge’ allowing travel between the jurisdictions without the need for self-isolating on arrival. This air bridge is expected to be the first established by any governments in the British Isles, as well as being the first air bridge between two jurisdictions within the British Isles. It is anticipated that commercial flights will begin…

Guernsey Ports is welcoming the Civil Contingencies Authority’s decision to launch a trial pilot scheme that would see a test on the seventh day for arrivals in a specific week in early July 2020. There will be an absolute cap of 1,376 passengers in total arriving into Guernsey on a specified number of air and sea services between 5 and 10 July 2020. Arriving passengers during the trial period…

Effective from 00:01 Saturday 20 June 2020 General Aviation aircraft owners and pilots continue to be permitted to operate their aircraft as follows: Recreational Flying and GA Maintenance Flights All flights within the Bailiwick of Guernsey should be arranged in accordance with normal flight planning procedures and training requirements. All flights will be operated within the current published…