Blue Islands passengers John and Maureen Stranger said they had been due to fly home to Southampton on Saturday after attending a school reunion in Jersey.
Mr Stranger said they had managed to book onto a British Airways flight to Gatwick after seeing the news of Blue Islands’ collapse at 22:00 GMT on Friday while watching the news.
“It took me virtually three hours to sort out,” he said.
“I was gutted when I found out and the wife said – well, how are we going to get home?”
Mrs Stranger said the couple were “shocked and disappointed” about the collapse.
“We were helped greatly by the management of the hotel,” she added.
“They stayed up to help us.”
David and Anne Patterson, who have travelled to Jersey to visit a relative, said they were due to travel to Southampton on Tuesday with Blue Islands.
