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Blue Islands have increased their seat capacity by 60,000 passengers a year with a new aircraft.
The larger ATR 72 comes with 68 seats – 22 more than the its predecessor, the ATR 42.
It comes less than four months after a second ATR 72 was introduced, with the fleet now standing at three ATR 72s and two ATR 42.
Rob Veron, CEO of Blue Islands, said that the new aircraft showed, “…Blue Islands’ investment in growth and underpins our commitment to serving and investing in Channel Islands air-links.”
He added: “Replacing two 46-seat ATR 42s with two 68-seat ATR 72 aircraft, adding 120,000 seats to our network in just four months has only been possible with the increased confidence in growth enabled by the substantially greater marketing bandwidth gained via our Flybe franchise arrangement.”
"The critical success factor is seeking to maximise our growth in passenger carryings; it is vital that we now drive through a period of further sustainable growth. Equally important is our requirement to drive down underlying cost of our operation, in particular airport charges, in order to maintain acceptable fare levels together with commercial viability and sustainability in what are small, finite, regional markets."
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