Bookings for ferry sailings from Guernsey from late March 2025 will go on sale next Tuesday (26 November) following approval of Brittany Ferries and Condor's new 15 year contract.

Brittany Ferries has announced its summer schedule is now available online on the Condor Ferries website.

Sailings will open for bookings at 5pm on Tuesday 26 November.

The States of Guernsey has approved a new 15 year operating licence following a tender process that initially included Jersey.

Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries CEO Christophe Mathieu said:

"We are delighted to confirm our agreement with the States of Guernsey and I am pleased to confirm that next summer's sailings will be available next Tuesday, so my message to everyone is we are open for business.

"We have taken steps to put in place schedules that demand and support the tourism in Guernsey. We are committed to providing Islanders with convenient options to secure their journeys.”

Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries CEO Christophe Mathieu

The Condor Islander will operate conventional freight and passenger services six days a week to and from Portsmouth.

The Condor Voyager will run high speed services St Malo-Guernsey-Poole-Guernsey-St Malo up to daily in high season and three times a week off-peak.

The Clipper will be used as a back-up, to offer resilience when required.

There will initially be a weekly service to Jersey, which is 'subject to further development and agreement with Jersey'.

Guernsey's States says the publishing of the schedule provides certainty for the community and businesses.

It says the timetable offers 'a good degree of frequency', 'no notable change in pricing', and an 'improved market for French visitors', particularly daytripers.

Deputy Neil Inder, President of the Committee for Economic Development, said:

"Negotiations with Brittany Ferries on a Guernsey-only service have gone well and we’re set to sign the contract on Tuesday. However, as the schedule is ready and agreed we didn’t want to wait any longer than necessary before we and Brittany gave the community the certainty it needs and deserves.

"The schedule secures both fast and conventional ferry travel with a dependable timetable, for which most sailings will not be subject to tidal variations, good frequency without any notable increase in cost. That is a success given a need to optimise for a Guernsey-only service.

"We continue to leave the door open for Jersey should it choose Brittany Ferries and want to turn this into a service for both islands."

Deputy Inder says freight capacity has been maintained, despite fewer sailings, because it is a Guernsey-only service.

"While freight importers will need to make some adjustments to align their operations with a single early morning service, instead of the two sailings they have been used to, ultimately the ability to maintain total capacity for freight is secured as a single sailing can bring in the total number of containers that were previously being spread over two sailings. And the fact it will consistently arrive at 4am every day is a positive for retailers.

"The timing of the early morning St Malo departure and late afternoon departure from Guernsey to St Malo gives opportunity for increased day trip traffic from France.

"Likewise the lunchtime arrival on a Saturday in St Malo will be attractive for those Guernsey residents embarking on a holiday in France.

"In terms of UK travel, lunchtime arrivals and early afternoon departures from Poole allows for easier onward travel.

"Brittany have included a weekly inter-island crossing in the schedule but the intention would be to increase frequency combined with the Jersey ferry operator. This aspect of the schedule is subject to further development and agreement with Jersey.’

Jersey is yet to decide on its future ferry operator and is running a new fast-tracked Jersey-only tender process with an announcement likely in the first week of December.