Aurigny has confirmed the launch of twice day by day flights to London Metropolis Airport (LCY) from Guernsey. Guernsey’s nationwide provider will start providers to and from LCY on 31 March 2024, with one-way fares ranging from simply £49.99.
The route will provide passengers improved connectivity from Guernsey to greater than 30 leisure and enterprise locations throughout the UK and the remainder of Europe through the airport positioned in central London.
Passengers can even profit from Aurigny’s inter-line settlement with British Airways CityFlyer (BACF), that means they will get pleasure from seamless connecting flights to BA’s intensive community together with Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin and Zurich, in addition to leisure excursions in Florence, Ibiza, Malaga and Good.
Guernsey is lower than an hour away from London and affords metropolis dwellers an opportunity to flee for the weekend and recharge their batteries. The island is culturally wealthy with award-winning seafood eating places, waterfront promenades and a singular historical past – with notable residents reminiscent of author Victor Hugo and artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Vacationers may also get pleasure from pristine, secluded seashores and as much as 45 wild swimming spots.
Aurigny will function a day by day and night flight to and from LCY and three day by day flights on Fridays.
Andrew Hodges, Business Director of London Metropolis Airport, stated: “We’re delighted to welcome Aurigny as the primary new airline to London Metropolis Airport this yr – demonstrating our dedication to rising as a enterprise and providing new locations to our passengers.”
Nico Bezuidenhout, CEO of Aurigny, stated: “Guernsey is a vacationer vacation spot and a world monetary centre. Many companies on our stunning island work carefully with colleagues and purchasers in London, and direct flights to London’s beating coronary heart can even profit anybody trying to discover town’s many points of interest.”
Final yr LCY took steps to additional enhance the passenger expertise, changing into the primary main UK airport to permit passengers to cross by way of safety with out eradicating laptops and liquids from hand baggage. Because the expertise was launched, the common safety time has been decreased by 50%.
LCY is near finishing an improve to its departure lounge, which options extra seating, two new fashionable eating areas, an obligation free extension, a brand new retail house, extra bogs and a totally new feel and look.
In 2023, LCY was named the most effective London airport by What? journal, and Time Out listed it as essentially the most environment friendly airport in the UK.