Blue Islands resumes Jersey-London flights

Blue Islands (SI, Jersey) resumed services between Jersey and London Gatwick on May 26, 2020, although travel to the Channel isle continues to be heavily restricted and only available for select passengers. The airline, formerly a franchisee of the now-defunct flybe. (BE, Exeter), operated its first flight to the capital city using ATR72-500 G-ISLN (msn 884), Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. Blue Islands has been exclusively operating between Jersey and Southampton since the suspension of all other flights on March 20. Scheduled flights to London City ended on March 9. All passengers planning to travel to the dependency – which is not formally part of the United Kingdom – need prior authorisation from the Jersey Customs & Immigration Service before they can book tickets. Blue Islands operates four ATR72-500s, all of which are used to ply flights to Southampton. It also has a single ATR42-300 in storage.