CAA19,
You may not be aware that Rosedale Holdings, owners of Walker Aviation who in turn own Jersey European Airways (t/a flybe.) are a Channel Island company and are based in Jersey.
It is therefore in their interests to keep a variety of routes out of the Channel Islands, as they have done for the past 20 years or so.
It's their commitment to new routes and lower fares from/to the Channel Islands which keep the island's tourist business alive.
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