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Aurigny has faced no challenges on any of the lifeline routes it operates in and out of the Bailiwick over the last five years.
Deputy John Gollop gave an update to the States earlier this week, in his position as President of the Transport Licensing Authority.
He said that the Authority's work is determined by the number of applications for air route licenses received and so it has only met four times since the 2020 election.
He also confirmed that there haven't been any applications from any airline to operate services on any of the lifeline routes since the rules around air licensing were changed in 2018.
The lifeline routes are the Guernsey/Gatwick, Guernsey/Alderney and the Southampton services to both islands.
The quasi-open skies policy approved by the States in 2018, and amended in 2021, means that any airline can fly services to or from either island, except for those routes designated as a 'lifeline link'.
Operators wanting to fly on the designated lifeline routes must apply for a licence to operate those services, which are currently run by Aurigny.
Prior to 2018 any airline wanting to fly on any route in or out of the Bailiwick needed to apply for a licence.
Pictured: Deputy John Gollop.
Deputy Gollop said yesterday that: "The Authority has received no other applications in respect of lifeline routes since my last Statement".
He made his last Statement in March 2021, when he said the Authority hadn't received any applications since March the previous year either.
In March 2020, the then-Vice President of the Transport Licensing Authority said no applications had been received since July the previous year.
Deputy Gollop said in 2019 that the States Assembly and Constitution Committee, in consultation with the Committee for Economic Development, the Policy & Resources Committee and the Transport Licensing Authority, was looking at carrying out a review of the role and constitution of the Authority.
That work has not yet been carried out.
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