British Scilly Islands to get helicopter services again.....

[Stratofreighter]

...but it seems some kind of "chopper war" has now broken out...

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-43070871
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https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018 ... -companies
(this one is the longest feature)

The Isles of Scilly may get two helicopter links to the mainland after a row has broken out over the service.

Tourism bosses said trade suffered when the 48-year-old helicopter link to the islands off Cornwall stopped in 2012.

In a shock move the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company said it will provide a link to Land's End by May 2018.

But the owner of Tresco, Robert Dorrien-Smith, already has plans for a new helicopter base in Penzance to be operational by the spring.

He said the Steamship Company was "tightening its stranglehold" on the islands and due to weather disruption Land's End Airport "is the problem, not the solution."

"It is a blatant attempt to retain a monopoly that is not working in the interests of these islands," he added.

Tresco wants to use AW139s,
the Island of Scilly Steamship Company/Island Helicopters AW169s, a smaller type...