15 April, 2008

NORTHLINK Ferries are re-launching their “friends and family” scheme which offers a 30 per cent discount on return fares to Shetland and Orkney for households living outwith the isles.

The offer will run initially from 15 May to 30 June, allowing island residents registered with NorthLink to nominate six households to be given cheap travel to the north isles.

The scheme will be run solely on the internet. The shipping company will contact every registered islander for whom they have an email address, and anyone else can provide an email address using an online form on their website www.northlinkferries.co.uk

NorthLink’s commercial director Cynthia Spencer said the family and friends discount scheme was a great success when it first started in 2002 and said passengers might have to wait for everyone’s application to be processed.

“We expect a similar degree of uptake this time and would ask customers to be patient while we process what we expect will be a large number of applications,” Ms Spencer said.