Much as I'm no fan of the concept of Aurignyflot, the practice over the last couple of years has been much better than Fly-when-we-want-to-be, or indeed Blue-blink-and-you-miss-dropped-routes-Islands.
Also not sure that Mr Coates vitamin empire is a secure footing for long-term success - the VAT exemption on goods shipped from the C-I is being looked at with an uncharitable eye by the UK Govt - so it would be interesting to see what a 17.5% (soon enough 20%) increase to his retail price would do to his business model.....
Also why scrap the Aurigny brand? Surely that's stronger and has better awareness than 'Blue Islands', which is but a few years old? Strikes me as 'corporate machismo', rather than good business sense.
This will end in tears......the States can waste many times more in a year than Aurigny costs them.....