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2 days ago
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Hope for new air link to improve Alderney tourism
An Alderney hotelier hopes new air links will boost tourism across the Channel Islands and France. Airline Finistair is trialling flights every Friday and Sunday linking Alderney, Jersey and Brest until the end of August as part of an agreement between the governments of Jersey and Alderney. The chief executive Loïc Andro said he hoped the new route would continue if the trial was successful. Hotelier Tracey Farquhar-Beck said that despite being so close together, it was difficult to travel between the islands. She said: "Before both the plane and the boat, people had to go via Guernsey and to be quite honest it was cost-prohibitive for most people." Ms Farquhar-Beck said she hoped the trial would be a success. She said: "We'd like to see it as a year-round feature, whether the demand would be there or not. "It gives people more options and opens Alderney to new visitors, especially from Jersey and France." More news stories for Jersey Listen to the latest news for Jersey Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to French airline boss hopes new routes here to stay Summer flights offer better French connection Aurigny and Emirates in long-haul flights deal
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Hope for new air link to improve Alderney tourism
An Alderney hotelier hopes new air links will boost tourism across the Channel Islands and Finistair is trialling flights every Friday and Sunday linking Alderney, Jersey and Brest until the end of August as part of an agreement between the governments of Jersey and chief executive Loïc Andro said he hoped the new route would continue if the trial was Tracey Farquhar-Beck said that despite being so close together, it was difficult to travel between the islands. 'Year-round feature' She said: "Before both the plane and the boat, people had to go via Guernsey and to be quite honest it was cost-prohibitive for most people."Ms Farquhar-Beck said she hoped the trial would be a said: "We'd like to see it as a year-round feature, whether the demand would be there or not."It gives people more options and opens Alderney to new visitors, especially from Jersey and France."
BBC News
4 days ago
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French airline boss hopes new Channel Islands routes here to stay
The chief executive of French airline Finistair has hopes a new flight route will continue if a trial is will run flights every Friday and Sunday until the end of August as part of an agreement between the governments of Jersey and routes are between Jersey, Alderney and the Brittany city of Brest - providing direct air links between the islands for the first time in boss Loïc Andro, who was on the first flight with six passengers that touched down in the island earlier, said: "The team is really happy to land in Jersey." '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 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 first flight to Alderney had to be cancelled because of thick fog over the island.
