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Monday 17th August 2009, 3:00PM BST.

Blue Islands’ new 46-seater ATR 42-320 aircraft

BLUE Islands has been awarded a licence to fly its biggest aircraft yet.

The Guernsey-based airline tried out its new full Air Operator Licence on Thursday when it launched the 46-seater ATR 42-320 on the evening flight from Jersey to Guernsey.

The new aircraft was given the thumbs-up by potential inter-island customers earlier this year when Blue Islands carried out some marketing research. The overall consensus was that it was a ‘much smoother, more comfortable and quieter ride, especially in turbulent weather’.

The ATR will operate on the routes to Geneva and Zurich alongside the 31-seater Dornier 328, as well as between Guernsey and Jersey and Southampton.

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