Aurigny Air Services facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Aurigny Air Services

Founded	1968
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)

Aurigny Air Services Limited, often called aurigny.com, is an airline based in the Channel Islands. Its main office is at Guernsey Airport. The airline is owned by the government of Guernsey.

Aurigny flies passengers and cargo between the Channel Islands, northern France, and the United Kingdom. Its main base is Guernsey Airport. They also have planes and crew based at Jersey Airport and Alderney Airport. Aurigny is one of the oldest airlines in Britain, starting way back in 1968! The name "Aurigny" actually means Alderney.

Where Aurigny Flies

Aurigny Air Services connects the Channel Islands to many exciting places. They fly to different cities in the UK and France.

Current Places to Visit

Aurigny flies to these places (as of February 2010):

• Channel Islands
  • Alderney (Alderney Airport) – This is a main base for Aurigny.
  • Guernsey (Guernsey Airport) – This is their main hub, like a central station.
  • Jersey (Jersey Airport) – Another important base for their planes.
• France
  • Dinard/Saint-Malo (Pleurtuit Airport)
  • Grenoble Airport (only at certain times of the year)
• United Kingdom
  • Bristol (Bristol International Airport)
  • London
    • (Gatwick Airport)
    • (London Stansted Airport)
  • Manchester (Manchester Airport)
  • Nottingham (East Midlands Airport)
  • Southampton (Southampton Airport)

Past Destinations

Aurigny used to fly to these places:

• France
  • Cherbourg (Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport)
  • Caen (Caen - Carpiquet Airport)
  • Granville, Manche (Granville - Mont Saint Michel Aerodrome)
• Netherlands
  • Amsterdam (Amsterdam Schiphol Airport)
• United Kingdom
  • Brighton (Shoreham Airport)
  • Bournemouth (Bournemouth Airport)
• Special Flights (Charters)
  • Cambridge (Cambridge Airport)
  • Gloucester (Gloucestershire Airport)
  • Ramsgate (Manston Airport)

Images for kids

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  An Aurigny Trislander plane at Jersey in August 1989.

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  A Short 360 plane at Guernsey Airport in July 1995. This type of plane is no longer used by Aurigny.

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  An Aurigny ATR 72 plane moving on the ground at Guernsey Airport in May 2009.

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  An ATR 42-500 plane from Aurigny Air Services taking off from Bristol Airport, England (2016).

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  In April 2014, Aurigny announced they would stop using their Trislander planes.

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  Aurigny's Embraer 195 plane getting ready to land at Gatwick in May 2015.

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  A Saab 340 plane taking off from Bristol Airport in 2003. This plane type is no longer used.

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  The Britten-Norman Trislander plane G-JOEY was very famous. It was part of the "Joey Club" (started in 1986) and a series of books. Here it is landing at Guernsey Airport.

See Also

In Spanish: Aurigny Air Services para niños