Blue Islands

Channel Island residents will enjoy new direct flights to Cornwall this summer as Blue Islands adds three flights per week from Guernsey/Jersey to Cornwall Airport Newquay which starts on 3rd June 2019. Rob Veron, CEO, Blue Islands said, “Following the recent introduction of Guernsey – London Southend and Guernsey – Liverpool services, the exciting addition of Cornwall Airport Newquay…

Guernsey residents now have two new low-cost services direct to the UK, as Blue Islands adds a daily London Southend service and twice weekly Liverpool service to provide Islanders with new convenient options for travelling to London and the north west from Guernsey. Rob Veron, CEO Blue Islands said: “As an independent local airline, the exciting addition of the two new low-cost services from…

Blue Islands is proud to announce the launch of the #mybi Flight Fund, which will provide opportunities to Channel Island residents, groups and charities to achieve goals that would otherwise not be possible without the ability to travel off Island. The #mybi Flight Fund marks a departure from Blue Islands’ previous approach where in 2018 ad hoc support saw over 100 return flights provided for…

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…

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…

Blue Islands has enjoyed a record breaking summer as it welcomed 37,788 passengers onboard in August, the most customers it has ever served in a single month and an increase of 8% from August 2017. This comes as the Channel Islands based airline flew 107,298 passengers in the summer months of June, July and August, another record amount, up 3% from the same period in 2017. Winter 2016/17 saw Blue…

Blue Islands is bringing back its popular fly / rail service which will give Guernsey residents and business travellers easier, stress-free access to central London via Southampton. The locally-owned airline has partnered with South Western Railway, the new train operator on the Southampton Airport Parkway to London Waterloo route, to resurrect the popular link between plane and train to central…

A group of six, ex-service and Royal British Legion members will represent Guernsey at the Great Pilgrimage 90 to remember those who fought and lost their lives in World War I. In 1928, a decade after the end of WWI, the British Legion (as it was then known) organised for 11,000 veterans and war widows to visit the battlefields of the Somme and Ypres before marching to the Menin Gate. Exactly 90…

Blue Islands has launched its summer seasonal Guernsey – Cardiff route for 2018, after it delivered several boosts to the island in 2017. The direct service is available to book now at flybe.com from £39.99 one way, including taxes and charges. Rob Veron, Blue Islands CEO, was pleased to once again include the Guernsey - Cardiff service in its summer network for 2018. “Launching the Guernsey…

Tourists from Holland and Switzerland will have direct access to the Channel Islands this summer as Blue Islands has been chosen as the preferred airline partner by two tour operators for seasonal charter activity. Tom Barrasin, Blue Islands CCO said: “Blue Islands is thrilled to be selected to partner with two leading tour operators and welcome thousands of visitors to discover our stunning…