Overview
- Blue Islands suspended trading on 14 November and cancelled all future flights, grounding its five ATR-72s and telling customers not to travel to airports.
- About 100 employees are affected and thousands of passengers face disruption, with the Civil Aviation Authority advising card chargebacks for direct bookings.
- Loganair begins services from Sunday 16 November on Jersey–Southampton, Jersey–Exeter, Jersey–Bristol and Guernsey–Southampton, offering £80 one‑way rescue fares.
- Aurigny has added extra flights between Guernsey and Southampton and on the Guernsey–Jersey route through Wednesday, also with special rescue fares.
- Health and Care Jersey is assisting patients with UK medical appointments, the collapse comes three weeks after Eastern Airways failed, and Jersey is seeking longer‑term replacement links as Loganair signals plans for a new base in Jersey.