There was an ‘over-supply’ of seats on the inter-island route, says Blue Islands boss

The operator has said that its and Aurigny’s joint decision to end their code share agreement, which was announced last week, was due to a ‘naive’ licensing decision taken by Guernsey’s Commerce and Employment department last year.

Rob Veron, Blue Islands’ managing director, said that the department has ‘a lot to answer for’ and that corrections would have to be made in the future.

The end of the code share agreement emerged after Blue Islands revealed that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding with Flybe about becoming a franchise partner of the UK airline.

Mr Veron said: ‘In November 2015 the Air Route Licensing Board removed a ten per cent restriction on Flybe’s inter-island licence, adding up to 60,000 additional seats to a market of 128,000, creating an over-supply that is in our view unsustainable.’

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