Aurigny Air Services

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Aurigny Air Services is an airline based in Guernsey, Channel Islands. It operates passenger and freight services between the Channel Islands, western France and England. The airline also carries overnight mail for the UK Post Office and undertakes emergency ambulance charters. Its main bases are Jersey Airport (JER), Guernsey Airport (GCI) and Alderney Airport (ACI).

Its name "Aurigny" comes from the French/Auregnais name for Alderney, whose local language was made extinct by a large influx of people from England.

Contents

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 External links

History

Aurigny Air Services ATR 72-200 at Bristol Airport

The airline was established and started operations on 1 March 1968. In July 1971 Aurigny became the first commercial operator of the Britten-Norman Trislander and the airline remains the world's largest operator of the type. Ownership of the airline passed from Aurigny Aviation Holdings to Close Brothers Private Equity on 23 May 2000, but was wholly acquired by States of Guernsey on 15 May 2003. It employs 290 staff.

Destinations

Aurigny Air Services serves the following (at June 2005):

England
*Bristol (Bristol International Airport)
*London
**(London Gatwick Airport)
**(London Stansted Airport)
*Manchester (Manchester International Airport)
*Southampton (Southampton Airport)

Channel Islands (Crown dependencies, not in UK)
*Alderney (Alderney Airport)
*Guernsey (Guernsey Airport) Hub
*Jersey (Jersey Airport)

France
*Dinard

Fleet

The Aurigny Air Services fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2006):

External links

Airlines of the United Kingdom

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