Friday 2 November 2012

Helicopter service to Scilly ends


There was a good turnout at Penzance Heliport on Wednesday evening to mark the end of BIH service to the Isles of Scilly, the end of an era and the end of a unique service shared between Scilly and Penzance.  It was a service like no other that operated in just about all weathers when other services failed. It was a service important to many peoples lives and Wednesday night's send off from Penzance Heliport reflected this.

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 The end of the financially beleagured service was unavoidable given shrinking passenger numbers, rising costs and accumulated losses.  It is however a blow to Penzance with 60 employees losing their jobs and the islanders' passenger transport links to the mainland limited to just the weather dependent Skybus service in the winter months when the Scillonian does not sail. 

 See www.frist.org.uk for Friends of Isles Scilly Transport, a campaign group supported by the community and business seeking reliiable, affordable all year round lifeline transport services for the Isles of Scilly.
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  2. Dick Cliffe23 October 2013 at 22:19

    Thank you for your comments. I try and ensure that readers get the authoritative sources so they can form their own opinion rather than just accept my interpretation. This particular news items was more of a personal account of the last helicopter arrival at Penzance Heliport. If you need more information then approach me directly (there is material that the Chamber of Commerce cannot post on this site).
    Dick Cliffe (Chairman)

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