French airline boss hopes new Channel Islands routes here to stay
'Historic link'
Mr Andro said he believed the trial period would be a success."We've been working on this destination for a long time," he said."There's already been a lot of interest in the route from passengers."I hope that it's going to be here be all year long and for many years because of the historic link that we have in between Jersey and France."The flight time is about 35 minutes from Brest to Jersey, and 15 minutes from Jersey to Alderney, said the airline.
Ports of Jersey said it was working with Visit Jersey to promote the new routes and had worked with governments to reduce costs for the airline.Airport operations director Ashley Maggs said the new connection between Jersey and Alderney was "incredibly important"."We do need support for these routes so we would like to see if we can encourage people to come to the Channel Islands for that long weekend away from Europe," he said.The first flight to Alderney had to be cancelled because of thick fog over the island.
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