Blue Islands grounds Guernsey flights

Friday 20 March 2020

As corona virus continues to take a hold on the Channel Islands, Blue Islands has made the decision to ground all of its Guernsey services while revising its Jersey ones.

The locally-based airline said this is a direct result of the evolving covid-19 situation which has seen strict measures brought in across the islands to try and contain the outbreak.

Both the States of Guernsey and the Government of Jersey have now said that all arriving travellers must self-isolate for 14 days, regardless of where they have come from.

Pictured: Guernsey Airport. 

Flights between Guernsey and Jersey are included in that directive. The only exception is any travel within the Bailiwick of Guernsey between Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou and Brecqhou which currently does not require self isolation.

Blue Islands said the move to introduce self isolation for all other passengers entering the Channel Islands means there is "little or no demand for scheduled services," and as such Blue Islands said it has further revised its Jersey operations. Any affected passengers will be automatically moved and told of that change.

For further information on that head to blueislands.com.

Pictured: Jersey Airport. 

The situation is more drastic in Guernsey, where Blue Islands has decided to stop all scheduled flights to and from the island with immediate effect.

The airline said they "will cease from today and resume at a future date to be confirmed.

"Blue Islands is standing by to resume services when deemed appropriate, continued updates on blueislands.com and via our social media channels."

Rob Veron, CEO Blue Islands said: “We are a locally-owned and operated airline, with our heart in the Channel Islands, our Blue Islands team has worked incredibly hard over the last few weeks to manage the collapse of Flybe and to assist travellers in a time of great uncertainty and change. We would like to thank all of our customers for their continued support and understanding. 

“We stand by the States of Guernsey and Government of Jersey’s policies to control the spread of Covid-19, the health of our islands is the responsibility of the whole community.”

Pictured top: A Blue Islands plane before the corona virus crisis hit.