The Isles of Scilly is to get new passenger and freight vessels following the announcement today of a major privately funded ship building programme by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group. The new Scillonian passenger ferry and two new freight vessels will set sail by March 2026. The £42m project will be the single biggest…
Skybus is celebrating more than 30 years of flying from Exeter Airport to the Isles of Scilly as the 2023 season takes off. The Cornwall-based airline has been flying from Exeter Airport to Scilly since May 1991 and the first flight of 2023 took off from Exeter this week. Skybus, owned and…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group is pleased to announce Delwin Thompson as the new operator of the St Mary’s Airport shuttle service from tomorrow (Thursday, December 1st 2022). The new service will be called Island Transfers and will see the introduction of four new minibuses – one of which is electric – with plans…
Scillonian III passage named UK’s highest diversity ferry route for wildlife spotting The 37-mile crossing between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly has been named the UK’s highest diversity ferry route for wildlife spotting by charity ORCA. It comes as ORCA, which is dedicated to studying and protecting whales, dolphins and porpoises in UK waters,…
Scillonian III superfans travelled from all over the country for a chance to look behind-the-scenes on the passenger ship yesterday (October 11th) to mark Maritime UK Week. People travelled from as far afield as Shropshire, Bristol, Taunton and Plymouth for the opportunity to go on board Scillonian III while the vessel was in Penzance on…
Hundreds of people will have the unique opportunity to go behind-the-scenes on Scillonian III next month to mark Maritime UK Week. Local school children, Sea Cadets and fans of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group’s faithful passenger ship have been invited on board for the special, one-off event. It will give them a rare chance…
Tom Sexton has taken the helm of the Gry Maritha, following the retirement of Captain Paul Stevens after two decades on board. The 33-year-old served as Chief Officer on the Gry – the islands’ dedicated year-round freight ship – for five years. Tom, who lives in Carharrack, joined the Steamship Company in 2017 after working…
After 22 loyal years – and 185,000 miles on board the Gry Maritha – Captain Paul Stevens will be retiring in May. Paul, 68, will retire almost 22 years to the day he joined the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group, in May 2000. A familiar and well-respected face on the Isles of Scilly, Paul has…
Initial research to establish the feasibility and demand of a drone freight service to the Isles of Scilly has been met with support and enthusiasm. Key community businesses were interviewed in December by research agency PFA, citing such a service as a potential “game changer” and a way of improving connection to the islands. The…
Following a successful period during November and December 2021, Skybus is providing a second period of support to Air Aurigny that began on 11th February 2022, whilst one of Air Aurigny’s own aircraft is on deep maintenance. Between Tuesday 22nd February and Friday 25th February, Skybus carried a total of 208 passengers as well as…
Vital cetacean monitoring surveys by ORCA will be taking place on board Scillonian III once again in 2022. ORCA is the charity dedicated to studying and protecting whales, dolphins and porpoises in UK waters. Since 2009 they have had three highly trained marine mammal surveyors conduct 153 surveys from Scillonian. A total of 4,924 individual…
Land’s End Airport has taken delivery of a new, state-of-the-art fire appliance. The Toyota Hilux 6×6, known as Fire 2 at the airport, arrived in early January. It was manufactured by Terberg in Gloucestershire. We have invested more than £130,000 in the vehicle, which will replace a 21-year-old 4X4 appliance and help maintain the resilience…
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