Isles of Scilly Travel have today released information about a unique experience open to Skybus passengers: two special winter day trips to Guernsey.
The Steamship Group’s Skybus operation will make two scheduled flights from St Marys to Guernsey in the Channel Islands. This will break with tradition and offer a destination other than the usual mainland airports. It is likely that the eighteen seater Twin Otter aircraft (not pictured) will be used for these flights.
The trips are planned for Tuesday 18 of December and Tuesday 8 of January 2002. The first, festive flight, could be particularly popular with Islanders wishing to get some last minute Christmas shopping done, with the added novelty of flying across The Channel for it! The group have quoted a price of ?92 (return, of course!).
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The flights are due to leave St Mary’s at 8:30 in the morning for the hop across Le Manche, arriving in Guernsey at 09:35. Passengers will then be given until 3:30 in the afternoon to do their shopping and visit some of The Islands’ famous restaurant’s, finally arriving back at St. Marys airport at 4:35.
Guernsey is perhaps most famous for being partially tax exempt as the Channel Islands are a part of Britain but in reality, just off the French coast. On this trip, passengers will be able to buy duty free alcohol, expected to be especially popular with the pre Christmas shoppers!
For more information, contact the Steamship Company through their web site, https://www.islesofscilly-travel.co.uk/.