Island Games Teams Consider Jet for Bermuda
The British-based Island Games islands are set to charter a jumbo jet to try and save travel costs for next year’s event in Bermuda, the BBC reports. The cost for each athlete from the nine British islands to get to the games is thought to be in the region of £2,000 [$3,100].
“We’ve now got beneficial numbers when it comes to chartering a plane,” Guernsey Island Games boss Dave Inglis told the BBC. “We’re looking at a 747 and 600 people on that aircraft – the more that do fly out there more the cost comes down.”
“There’s a real focus on a charter arrangement whereby the UK teams will fly out of Gatwick and the Scandinavian teams will fly out of Stockholm. There’s been a real coming together within the association by all the islands to come up with a good remedy to keep the costs down,” said Mr Inglis.
The 2013 Island Games has already had some of the European-based teams withdraw citing the expense. Jersey’s volleyball, football and basketball teams; and the football teams from the Isle of Man and Guernsey have all announced they will not compete in Bermuda due to the expense of getting here.
