Majority of Blue Islands staff made redundant

Nearly 100 Blue Islands employees have been made redundant following the airline's collapse.

Accounting firm Ernst & Young said it had been appointed as liquidators after the airline ceased trading on Friday and cancelled all its flights.

It said 12 of the 110 Blue Islands employees were being retained to support an "orderly wind down" of the company, while the rest were made redundant.

Loganair's chief executive Luke Farajallah previously said the airline was hoping to hire Blue Islands staff to help cover the flights it had taken over.

Blue Islands went into liquidation on Monday with £9.1m of debt owed to the Government of Jersey along with a separate £3.2m to Ports of Jersey.

Customers with flights booked with Blue Islands should not travel to the airport unless they have made alternative travel arrangements, said the liquidators.

Aurigny and Loganair have stepped in to take over routes operated by Blue Islands.

Mr Farajallah had said Loganair wanted to "ramp up to a full schedule" of former Blue Islands services by March as it sought to become a long-term operator to Jersey.

States of Guernsey-owned Aurigny said it would apply for a licence to offer flights between the islands.

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