Guernsey-Jersey air route 'codeshare' deal takes off as airlines granted permission
AURIGNY and Blue Islands have been granted permission to codeshare on the Guernsey-Jersey route after the airlines applied for an exemption under the islands’ competition laws.
Having taken into account responses to a consultation on the issue, the Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities has granted the exemption providing certain conditions are observed by the airlines.
Under the codeshare agreement, which will run initially for two years, Aurigny will take a fixed block of seats on flights operated by Blue Islands between Guernsey and Jersey using the 46-seat ATR42 aircraft, with ground support at the airports in both islands for those flights provided by Aurigny.
Aurigny will pay Blue Islands a fixed charge for the seats.
Cicra chief executive Andrew Riseley said the authority had ultimately concluded that the interests of customers would be best-served by allowing the airlines to codeshare.