The Government of Jersey said it had paid contingency costs to secure Loganair’s replacement services but would not confirm the amount agreed.

CEO Luke Farajallah said the airline wanted to “ramp up to a full schedule” by March following the initial rescue flights.

Special rescue fares will begin from Sunday for the following routes:

Jersey to Guernsey

Jersey to Exeter

Jersey to Bristol

Jersey to Southampton

Loganair said it was working on providing a service from Guernsey to Southampton, but as the route has to be licensed it was currently subject to States of Guernsey approval.

On Saturday evening Deputy Sasha Kazantseva-Miller, President of the Committee for Economic Development, said: “We designate some air routes as essential so that it allows us to have direct involvement in who operates it, and therefore the standard of service on that route.

“We are aware that Loganair has put this route on its website, albeit customers cannot currently book it – we have contacted Loganair to clarify that a licence is needed to operate the route and it does not currently have one.”