Created in 1999 under the name Le Cocq Air Link and founded by Noel Hayes in 1999 the company was renamed Rockhopper in 2003. "Rockhopper" because the regional airline conducts its creation of regional flights between the south islands of the United Kingdom, mainly between the Isle of Man, Jersey and the United Kingdom.
But since 2003, the most popular airline's of Channel Islands has expanded its plans for flights to Europe with flights to Paris Beauvais airport, Bomemouth, Southampton, Alderney, Brighton City, Zurich and Geneva.
The Blue Islands airline has a fleet of 8 aircraft including 4 British Aerospace - Jetstream/32EP
3 Britten Norman - Trislander - 1 Dornier - 328/100.
Since November 2007, the company offers a daily shuttle service between Guernsey and Jersey known as the Blue Shuttle.