Aurigny Air Services
Sign in to saveAurigny Air Services Limited, commonly known as Aurigny (), is the flag carrier airline of the Bailiwick of Guernsey with its head office next to Guernsey Airport in the Channel Islands, and wholly owned by the States of Guernsey since nationalisation in 2003. It operates regular passenger and freight services to the Channel Islands, France, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Its main base is situated next to Guernsey Airport, with other aircraft and crew based at Alderney Airport. Aurigny is one of the longest serving regional airlines in the world, and is the second oldest estab
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- Aurigny Air Services
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- Aurigny Air Services ATR 72-600 G-ORAI.jpg
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- An Aurigny ATR 72-600
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- GR
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- AUR
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- AYLINE
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- 373
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- Guernsey
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- Saint Anne
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- Aurigny Frequent Flyer
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- 5
- Airline.destinations
- 14
- Airline.num_employees
- 280
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- 24 January 1964 as Glos Air Ltd 19 February 1968 as Aurigny Air Services Ltd
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- Sir Derrick Bailey 19 February 1968 as Aurigny Air Services Ltd
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- Guernsey Airport, Forest, Guernsey, Channel Islands
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- Early years
- Regional transition
- Recent history
- Corporate affairs
- Ownership and structure
- Business trends
- Criticism
- Destinations
- Destinations
- Codeshare and interline agreements
- Fleet
- Current fleet
- Historical fleet
- Fleet development
- Accidents and incidents
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Aurigny Air Services Limited, commonly known as Aurigny (), is the flag carrier airline of the Bailiwick of Guernsey with its head office next to Guernsey Airport in the Channel Islands, and wholly owned by the States of Guernsey since nationalisation in 2003. It operates regular passenger and freight services to the Channel Islands, France, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Its main base is situated next to Guernsey Airport, with other aircraft and crew based at Alderney Airport. Aurigny is one of the longest serving regional airlines in the world, and is the second oldest established airline in Britain after Loganair. The origin of its name lies in the cognate across Norman languages for Alderney.
==History== ===Early years=== thumb|right|An Aurigny Britten-Norman Trislander|Trislander at [[Jersey Airport in August 1989]] Aurigny Air Services was founded by Sir Derrick Bailey and started operations on March 1, 1968, after British United Airways withdrew from the Alderney to Guernsey route. It initially operated Britten-Norman Islander aircraft, developing a highly efficient network linking the Channel Islands with each other and with France and the United Kingdom. During the first year of operations, the airline carried 45,000 passengers between Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney.