Guernsey Post to end airmail services in early 3Q26

ASL Airlines UK (ABV, Nottingham East Midlands) will terminate its nightly working-day charter flights between Guernsey and Nottingham East Midlands after Guernsey Post decided to scrap airmail operations as of July 3, 2026.

The ASL Aviation Holdings unit currently deploys an ATR72-500(F) on the service, wet-leased from sister carrier ASL Airlines Ireland.

Guernsey Post said that given the “rising supply chain costs mean it is no longer cost-effective to operate a dedicated export aircraft each weekday,” the BBC reported. The postal service will instead switch to using a mix of sea shipping, using the nightly ferry to Portsmouth, and chartering capacity from scheduled airlines flying to Guernsey.

The cancellation follows the end of Royal Mail airmail services to Guernsey in April 2025. Airmail is used mainly by bulk-mail business customers, the operator said.