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Earlier in 2018 airline Blue Islands conducted a survey to appraise the appetite within the Channel Island business community for a twice weekly direct Luxembourg service. Over 400 survey participants, representing 164 companies and 60 individuals across the Channel Islands, responded with results suggesting that 65% of those who travel currently spend over five hours getting to Luxembourg, with…

The States of Guernsey are to be asked to give the green light for a major upgrade to Alderney Airport, including essential repairs to the main runway. The project, expected to cost more than £12 million, will address the deterioration in the condition of the runway, which was last resurfaced in 1999. Extensive patch repairs have since been carried out, but more significant reconstruction is now…

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has joined the Black Friday excitement by announcing a limited time seat sale with £25 one way fares across 151 of its key routes offering a wide choice of attractive destinations throughout the UK and regional Europe including those to Amsterdam, Milan, Paris and Rome. Booking is available through to midnight on 26th November 2018 at…

Loganair has added midweek flights to its recently-announced weekend Edinburgh-Guernsey service for Summer 2019. Passengers will now be able to travel between Scotland’s capital and the second biggest of the Channel Islands on Tuesdays for a short season between July 2 and August 13 inclusive – in addition to the Saturday flights already announced from May 11 to September 14. The service will…

Loganair is to begin operating a Guernsey to Edinburgh service as part of its Summer 2019 schedule – the airline’s largest expansion programme from Scotland’s capital. Passengers will be able to travel between the Channel Islands and Scotland’s capital on Saturdays between May 11th and Sept 14th on a 37-seat Embraer 137 jet – the latest addition to Loganair’s fleet. Jonathan Hinkles…

Work has begun to restore States of Guernsey owned land at Icart field to a locally rare dry grassland habitat which will support a wide range of plants, insects and birds. This project is being funded by Guernsey Airport, as part of scheme to mitigate the environmental impacts from major works on the airfield completed in 2014. Colin Le Ray, General Manager - Ports, for Guernsey Airport said…

Continuing efforts to improve Aurigny’s punctuality and reliability has helped to deliver the airline’s best ‘on-time’ performance in four years. Latest figures, for the third quarter of 2018, saw 81.3% of flights depart on-time (within 15 minutes), an increase of 9% on the previous year. The on-time performance increases to 88% when excluding weather-related delays. This performance…

Guernsey Airport is unveiling an ambitious programme of redevelopment of its passenger security screening area and expanded duty-free shopping for those traveling out of the airport in future. The project will see the expansion of the security search area in the terminal building, there will be an extended preparation area where passengers will be able to get ready for security prior to being…

Guernsey Airport is inviting Expressions of Interest for its food and beverage concessions. The tender will be for an airside outlet with a culinary experience that appeals to a broad spectrum of departing passengers, and for a landside outlet, which is expected to make the most of its appealing galleried position overlooking the apron, the runway, and across Guernsey itself. Guernsey…

Saturday 15th September saw the end of a hugely successful summer 2018 charter season which has seen over 2,000 visitors fly from Rotterdam and Zurich to the Channel Islands on charter flights operated by Blue Islands, on behalf of its tour operator partners.“As a locally based airline, Blue Islands is proud to be chosen by two specialist tour operators to operate charter flights to Guernsey…