Military personnel and residents of the Falkland Islands were assured last night that they would not be stranded after the collapse of the airline that links the South Atlantic islands with RAF Brize Norton.
Flyglobespan held a Ministry of Defence contract to operate the twice-weekly flights from the west Oxfordshire airbase to Mount Pleasant, near Port Stanley, via Ascension Island.
The Scottish firm’s planes were grounded on Wednesday when it went into administration.
But the Falklands flights have been secured after another airline took over the contract, the MoD said.
Air Italy has agreed to provide planes and crews to operate the service for the next few weeks. Flyglobespan was awarded a four-year contract last year.
An MoD spokesman said: “There will be no delays on the airbridge to the Falklands and Ascension Island as a result of Flyglobespan going into administration.
“Negotiations are under way to determine a long-term solution.”
Flyglobespan cabin crews are reportedly stranded in the Falklands and on Ascension Island, where the flights call to refuel en route to and from RAF Brize Norton.
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