A Sunday helicopter service between Penzance and Tresco is to begin in November.
Although only one return flight and for a limited trial period, the new scheme signals an end to Scilly’s traditionally quiet Sundays.
The service is the brainchild of Ewan Rodger, manager of Tresco’s Island Hotel, as a reaction to customer demand.
He says Scilly has so far been unable to compete in the lucrative UK short break market because people cannot return to their homes on Sunday evenings.
“It is a short-break marketing initiative aimed at getting people back upcountry and to their desks by Monday mornings,” British International Helicopters Director Captain Tony Jones told the Cornishman newspaper.
The service - to begin on November 6 - will be priced at ?77 return, as compared to the standard fare of ?102, and is available to anyone wishing to fly to Scilly - though there will be priority bookings for short-breaks on the return leg of the journey.
Sunday flying is currently only permitted to clear a backlog due to poor weather, or in the case of an emergency.
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