Tresco have just spent in excess of £10 million adding to their already extensive stock of property for rental and timeshare and will be desperately keen to maintain helicopeter links as their well heeled punters have grown accustomed to the ease of acces via the direct S-61 links to the island. But if the existing longterm operator using old equipment can't make it pay, and anyone who takes it on will incur similar fuel costs, what chance of another outfit stepping in ?
Scillonians heading to Cornwall for medical treatment seem set to incur major difficulties compared to the relative ease with which they have been able to get to and from Cornwall via the S-61 services.