Blue Islands to add three new Guernsey air routes

Tickets from Guernsey to Exeter, East Midlands and Norwich will go on sale from Wednesday, 11 December

An airline in the Channel Islands says it will open up three new Guernsey air routes from 2025.

Blue Islands will launch routes to Exeter and the East Midlands in March, and Norwich from May.

The airline, which already flies passengers between Guernsey and Jersey as well as Southampton, said tickets would go on sale from Wednesday, 11 December.

Ronnie Matheson, from Blue Islands, said providing "year-round connectivity" was "part of Blue Islands' DNA".

Recruit more staff

He said the new routes would benefit people travelling for "leisure, to and from university, visiting friends and relatives or for business".

The airline said the Exeter route would have six flights a week year-round, while East Midlands would have three flights a week all year, and additional flights in spring and autumn.

The Norwich route will operate from May to September and have two flights a week.

Blue Islands said it would recruit more Guernsey-based aircrew before summer 2025 to handle the additional flights.

Guernsey's airline, Aurigny, has announced it will restart its route to Exeter.

Flights to Exeter have been suspended since June and the new schedule, which starts in the summer, features flights on Mondays, Fridays, and Sundays.