A third airline has stepped in to replace services lost at Birmingham Airport following the collapse of Flybe.
Aurigny is planning to operate a Birmingham to Guernsey service commencing on March 11 which will initially run five days a week, excluding Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Aurigny, which is based at Guernsey Airport, is the third carrier to launch new services from Birmingham Airport after Loganair and Eastern Airways announced they were launching services to Scotland yesterday.
The news comes after Flybe entered administration in the early hours of yesterday morning and all of its flights were grounded.
The business ceased trading with immediate effect upon the appointment of administrators from EY.
Birmingham Airport chief executive Nick Barton said: "We are pleased to announce the continued service to the popular destination of Guernsey, with Aurigny following the loss of the service offered by Flybe from Birmingham.
"We hope to see our regular travellers taking advantage of this new airline at Birmingham and look forward to building on our relationship with Aurigny over the coming years."
Aurigny's chief executive Mark Darby added: "We believe that maintaining Guernsey's connectivity is key and, with the collapse of Flybe, it is an unmissable opportunity for Aurigny to provide a valuable customer service while at the same time increasing our operation and improving our financial position.
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"Given that we are able to do this with no increase in fixed costs and with aircraft, crew and a user-friendly booking system immediately available to us, we hope that this will alleviate some travel concerns."
Scottish Loganair will introduce three daily services from Birmingham to Aberdeen and a daily service to Inverness from March 16.
Eastern Airways, which is based at Humberside Airport in north Lincolnshire, is also launching an Aberdeen to Birmingham route which is due to launch next week but the carrier is yet to confirm its planned schedule or start date.
Flybe previously operated 24 different routes out of Birmingham and both Eastern Airways and Loganair, which is headquartered at Glasgow Airport, are new carriers for the airport.