Wednesday 05 July 2023
General Update
Madam
To begin with, I would like to reiterate what I have explained in previous Statements and that is that the duties and responsibilities of the Transport Licensing Authority are limited to the determination of applications for air route licenses.
Under the quasi-open skies policy approved by the States, a Guernsey air transport licence is only required by airlines that operate routes that are designated as lifeline route and the Alderney and Gatwick routes were originally designated as lifeline routes.
In June 2021, the Committee for Economic Development made Regulations designating the Southampton route as an additional lifeline route and the airlines operating that route have air transport licences.
The Authority has received no other applications in respect of lifeline routes since my last Statement.