Good Times - Condor Magazine Spring/Summer 2023

Welcome
aboard
It is fantastic that this year sees the first full season of unrestricted
travel since 2019. This means a return to the spirit of adventure;
families being reunited and the excitement around booking and
travelling away for short weekends and long summer holidays. And for
Condor, we are making some positive changes.
Our early season car passenger bookings are returning to pre-pandemic
levels across all of our routes which is very encouraging. We believe this
is due to a recovery in confidence amongst consumers, a joint marketing
effort with tourism in the Islands and the growing popularity of our
new UK tour operator business, Condor Breaks, www.condorferries.
co.uk/holidays-breaks. People are looking to travel once again in greater
numbers than we have seen for a few years and this will certainly benefit
the local tourism economies.
“
Thank you for
choosing Condor
Ferries. Whether
you are on your
outward trip or
returning home, I
hope you enjoy your
journey with us
“
By the end of this year, Condor Islander, will have entered service,
supporting the three strands of the Islands’ economies – lifeline freight,
connectivity for Islanders and inbound tourism. She is a conventional
roll on/roll off vessel, similar in size, speed and capability to Clipper and
we plan to use her on the freight supply route from Portsmouth, offering
an overnight passenger and freight service in both directions. Condor
Islander’s introduction will also enable the larger fleet to assist inter-
Island frequency and continue to develop freight services from France,
which are showing real growth and potential.
Our high speed services ply between Poole, Jersey and Guernsey, from
Cherbourg to Guernsey and to both Islands from St Malo in western
France and Condor Breaks is bringing over more and more UK visitors
to experience the Islands. The programme is now being extended to offer
inclusive holidays to Islands’ residents to France and the UK.
We are hopeful that the success of last summer, coupled with the positive
figures for this year, offers optimism that 2023 could be a good season
for everyone.
Thank you for travelling with us and I hope to see you on board soon.
John
John Napton,
CEO
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