The airlines Loganair and Blue Islands are offering seamless connections on flights across the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Customers will be able to buy a single ticket to benefit from lower fares and guaranteed connections on a wide range of links between Scotland, the North East and the Isle of Man to the south coast and the Channel Islands.
The new links will soon be available to book via the respective airlines’ websites and will re-build connectivity to help boost the UK and Channel Islands’ economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Blue Islands flights from Exeter and Southampton to Manchester will be able to link with Loganair flights at Manchester to Aberdeen, Inverness and Isle of Man. Loganair passengers from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle to Southampton will be able to link with Blue Islands flights to Guernsey and Jersey, while Blue Islands flights from Jersey to Birmingham and Bristol will link with Loganair flights from those airports to Aberdeen.
Loganair operates 43 aircraft, predominantly on routes to, from and within Scotland, and is the UK’s largest regional airline. Blue Islands operates five aircraft and is now expanding its network from its traditional Channel Island bases, adding two UK bases with new services including Manchester to Exeter and Manchester to Southampton following the failure of Flybe in early March, just before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ability to book journeys in a single ticket through either airline’s website will enable customers to save the double Air Passenger Duty which would apply if tickets for the flights were purchased separately, as well as offering guaranteed connections in the event of weather or other disruptions to their travel plans.
Blue Islands has also recently completed its move to the same Videcom booking system as that successfully used by Loganair. This provides certainty of systems connectivity to assure a seamless transfer between flights for customers and their checked baggage.
By Lisa James, Deputy Editor (UK)
