Waves was an

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based in

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

in the

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and a subsidiary of Waves Technologies Limited, a privately owned company. It planned to operate from its hub at

Guernsey Airport Guernsey Airport is an international airport on the island of Guernsey and the largest airport in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It is located in the Forest, a parish in Guernsey, southwest of St. Peter Port and features mostly flights to Great B ...

to up to 15 regional airports in and around the Channel Islands. Waves also planned to undertake cargo and

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activities, on demand.

History

Waves was founded by Nick Magliocchetti in 2016 to establish an on-demand service in-line with similar private-hire taxi services as well as timetabled services. On 22 September 2017, Waves received its

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(AOC) from 2-REG, the

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of Guernsey. Commercial service between

and

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...

began on 5 November 2017 and by 9 November, the airline had operated 100 flights. Waves made its first flight into

Alderney Alderney (; french: Aurigny ; Auregnais: ) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The island's area is , making it the third-largest ...

on 14 November, and promised commercial service from the island, beginning later in 2017. Flights to the UK are planned to start in 2018, as well as services to regional French airports. Due a lawsuit by competitor

Blue Islands Blue Islands Limited is a British regional airline of the Channel Islands. Its head office is in Saint Peter, Jersey, and its registered office is in Saint Anne, Alderney. It operates scheduled services from and within the Channel Islands to t ...

against the

States of Guernsey The States of Guernsey (french: États de Guernesey), sometimes referred to as the Government of Guernsey, is the parliament and government of the British Crown dependency of Guernsey. Some laws and ordinances approved by the States of Guern ...

's Transport Licensing Authority (TLA), Waves was forced in January 2018 to temporarily change its business model, to have customers hire the entire aircraft, instead of booking individual seats. In March 2018, the TLA issued Waves with route licences for Jersey and Alderney, allowing it to sell individual seats once again. In June 2018 the company announced it was suspending all flights due to a maintenance issue. It was subsequently placed into liquidation in September 2018.

Destinations

Waves served the following destinations: ;France *

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- Charter *

Cherbourg – Maupertus Airport :: ''For the military use of this facility, see: Maupertus-sur-Mer Airfield'' Cherbourg – Maupertus Airport or ''Aéroport de Cherbourg - Maupertus'' is an airport located 11 km east of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, between Maupertus-sur-Mer and ...

- Charter *

Caen – Carpiquet Airport Caen – Carpiquet Airport (French: ''Aéroport de Caen - Carpiquet)'' is an international airport located in Carpiquet, 6 km west of Caen, both ''communes'' of the Calvados ''département'' in the Normandy (formerly Lower Normandy) ''regio ...

- Charter *

Dinard Dinard (; br, Dinarzh, ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Dinard'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine Departments of France, department, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern France. Dinard is on the Côte d'� ...

- Charter * Granville-Michel - Charter *

Lannion Lannion ( ; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a subprefecture of Côtes-d'Armor, the capital of Trégor and the center of an urban area of almost 60,000 inhabitants. Climate Lannion has a ...

- Charter *

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

- Charter *

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

- Charter *

Saint-Brieuc Saint-Brieuc (, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. History Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who Christianised the region in the 6th c ...

- Charter ;Channel Islands *

- Base *

Jersey Airport Jersey Airport is an international airport located in the parish of Saint Peter, west northwest of Saint Helier in Jersey, in the Channel Islands. History Air service to Jersey before 1937 consisted of biplane airliners and some seaplanes la ...

Alderney Airport Alderney Airport is the only airport on the island of Alderney, Guernsey. Built in 1935, Alderney Airport was the first airport in the Channel Islands. Located on the Blaye ( southwest of St Anne), it is the closest Channel Island airport to th ...

Fleet

Waves operated one

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on a

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which has since been put up for sale by its owners.

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Defunct airlines of Guernsey Airlines established in 2016 Airlines disestablished in 2018 Defunct charter airlines of the United Kingdom