Nuweiba, I completely agree with you. The blaming of the “Open Skies” was made very much tongue in cheek. The policy itself is almost a complete nonsense as, since it was introduced, hardly any new routes have opened up & AUR have not really faced much competition - apart from Heathrow, which was always going to be temporary. There simply are not airlines queuing up to operate flights to Guernsey - even with the prospect of a totally unnecessary longer runway. AUR’s problems result from bad management & the fact that they are a Guernsey based airline owned by the Guernsey Government, which values the security of air routes more than it values a profitable airline. AUR don’t have to worry, though. The States will continue to throw money at them.