Travellers to the island can breathe a sigh of relief as the helicopter service has been saved by a new EU directive, which may have threatened its future.
The directive, which was aimed at budget airlines, was to make individual companies pay compensation to travellers for cancelled flights. Visitors could claim up to ?200 in compensation if their flight were cancelled within the control of the operator. This surpassed the cost of the flight to the islands. Therefore this threatened the viability of British International Helicopter Service.