Index points:
00:00:00 Pushback at Southampton, passing Blue Islands ATR G-ISLO and Loganair Embraer G-SAJS
00:01:55 Taxi to runway
00:04:17 Takeoff on runway 02 to the north, over Eastleigh
00:06:24 180 degree turn back over Southampton and the coast- climbing into cloud
00:07:58 At cruise, surfing along between different cloud levels
00:11:48 Shadow of aircraft with rainbow halo showing on clouds below
00:13:01 The cloud shadow again!
00:13:18 Descending
00:14:23 Breaking through the cloud with views of Sark and Brecqou
00:16:24 Guernsey coming into view
00:17:59 Landing on runway 27: 2x Aurigny ATR72s, Dornier 228 and West Atlantic Cargo ATR in view
00:19:00 Taxi to stand
00:22:39 Engine test on stand
00:24:24 Walking by the aircraft to the terminal
Here are some highlights of a flight I took between Southampton and the Channel Island of Guernsey on 24/07/2023.
The airline is Blue Islands. They now code-share with Aurigny and Loganair. Whoever you book with, the morning flights are run by Aurigny and the evening flights by Blue Island.
The aircraft was ATR 72-500 G-ISLM, which started off with Kingfisher Air and Pegasus Airlines in India. It was new in 2007 and came to Blue Islands in 2018.
A very nice and friendly flight (pilot and attendants were lovely), which ended in an engine test on the stand (it was the last flight until the next day).
We got great views of Sark and Brecqhou, as well as a clear run into Guernsey from the East. Although it was cloudy, we had a really pleasant flight surfing along between different levels of cloud.