Aurigny Air Services
Aurigny Air Services Limited, known as aurigny.com is an airline with its head office at Guernsey Airport in the Channel Islands,[1] and is owned by the States of Guernsey. It operates passenger and freight services between the Channel Islands, northern France and the United Kingdom. Its main base is Guernsey Airport, with other aircraft and crew based at Jersey Airport and Alderney Airport. Aurigny is one of the longest operating regional airlines in the world, and is one of the oldest airlines in Britain except for Loganair and Monarch Airlines. The name means Alderney.
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| Founded | 1968 | |||
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| Hubs | Alderney Airport Guernsey Airport | |||
| Focus cities | Jersey Airport Southampton Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 10 | |||
| Destinations | 10 | |||
| Company slogan | The Islands' Preferred Airline | |||
| Headquarters | Guernsey Airport Forest, Guernsey, Channel Islands | |||
| Key people | Derrick Bailey (Founder) | |||
| Website | www | |||
Destinations
Current destinations
Aurigny Air Services runs to the following destinations (at February 2010):
- British Crown Dependencies
- Alderney (Alderney Airport) Base
- Guernsey (Guernsey Airport) Hub
- Jersey (Jersey Airport) Base
- France
- Dinard/Saint-Malo (Pleurtuit Airport)
- Grenoble Airport (seasonal)
- United Kingdom
Former destinations
The airline used to run to the following destinations:
- France
- Cherbourg (Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport)
- Caen (Caen - Carpiquet Airport)
- Granville, Manche (Granville - Mont Saint Michel Aerodrome)
- Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- Charter:
Aurigny Air Services Media
An Aurigny Trislander at Jersey in August 1989
A Short 360 at Guernsey Airport in July 1995. The airline no longer operates the type
An Aurigny ATR 72 taxiing at Guernsey Airport in May 2009
In April 2014 Aurigny announced that it would retire its fleet of Trislanders.
ATR 42-500 of Aurigny Air Services takes off from Bristol Airport, England (2016).
Aurigny's Embraer 195 on final approach to Gatwick in May 2015
A Saab 340 taking off from Bristol Airport in 2003.
Britten-Norman Trislander G-JOEY - made famous by the "Joey Club" (founded in 1986) and book series - landing at Guernsey Airport
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References
- ↑ "Contact us Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine." Aurigny Air Services. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "Aurigny Air Services Ltd States Airport La Planque Lane Forest Guernsey, GY8 OTD Channel Islands."