On Tuesday, Express reported on an announcement by Air Alderney that it would start flying “in the very near future”, initially between Alderney and Shoreham in the UK and then on the Alderney-Jersey route.
An Air Alderney Islander aircraft was at Alderney Airport over the weekend and the airline invited islanders to “come [and] say hello if you see the team around the island”.
But now the Chairman of the States of Alderney’s Policy & Finance Committee, Bill Abel, has said that Air Alderney does not have licences which are necessary to fly passenger services.
“Following the recent announcements by Air Alderney of its intention to introduce scheduled air services on several routes, including Alderney to Shoreham and Alderney to Jersey, I should point out that Air Alderney has no route licences and, to date, the States of Alderney have not received any applications,” said Mr Abel.
“There is a clear process to apply for, and the granting of, route licences (Air Transport Licensing (Alderney) Law, 1996) and applications need to be made to the Alderney Air Transport Licensing Board, which for clarification is a separate legal entity to Alderney’s Policy & Finance Committee.”
Express invited Air Alderney to comment on Mr Abel’s statement but a reply was not received in time for publication.