Originally Posted by
AirportPlanner1
It’s pie in the sky, but there is an opportunity there. If they overnighted in GCI, which is something they do, they could have a decent market providing a cheaper option to GR to London. Plus potentially stimulate some additional traffic. And they do some connections.
This is where the contradiction kicks in. The States of Guernsey own AUR in order to protect the Gatwick slots. That is why Gatwick is not included in “Open Skies”. The States bail out AUR to the tune of £5m every year. They are not going to stand aside & watch as another airline takes a bite out of AUR’s income from its only profitable route - Gatwick. Even if the airline doing the biting is operating from a different London airport.
The bottom line is that there is NOT the demand in Guernsey, because of the island’s small population, to sustain an alternative operation to London by competing with AUR’s Gatwick service. IF a viable alternative service is operated, it will kill AUR’s Gatwick service - & the slots will be lost. But, before that happens, “Open Skies” will quickly go out of the window !