Aurigny chief executive Nico Bezuidenhout has challenged whether Guernsey’s state-owned airline should be held to a break-even target after posting a £6.3 million loss for 2025. He said the mandate is debatable when about 70% of Aurigny’s flying is now tied to lifeline services rather than discretionary commercial traffic.
The airline’s latest result was slightly better than the £6.5 million loss in 2024, but lease costs, staffing pressure and the sudden need to absorb capacity after Blue Islands collapsed have kept margins under strain. Pilots remain hard to recruit and retain, adding cost and operational fragility.
The line now moves from accounts to policy, and the next test is whether Guernsey keeps the profit target unchanged.