Customers were outraged last week by the ferry company’s decision to move its 6 pm Friday sailing to St Malo to 3 pm, as part of its winter timetable.

After travellers contacted Condor and the JEP last week, the operator moved the Friday sailing back to 4.30 pm.

But this did not appease Islanders, who said that they would still have to take time off work on a Friday to travel to the continent for the weekend.

• Find out more about the petition in today’s JEP