Alderney Airport

Alderney Airport’s food and beverage outlet has reopened under the management of a local hotel business. La Ville Hotel was successful in securing the open tender for the food and beverage concession in the Alderney Airport passenger terminal, after the previous operator handed it back earlier this year. Commercial Manager – Ports Doug Wright said: “Alderney Airport is pleased to have…

Strong interest has been registered by a number of specialist contractors in the first market testing of plans to reconstruct Alderney Airport’s runway. The States of Deliberation in Guernsey agreed the preferred option for refurbishing the island’s runway in 2019. That initial approval covered funding to develop the site investigations, preliminary and detailed designs to widen and refurbish…

Alderney Airport’s main asphalt runway 08/26 will be closed late Saturday afternoon (23rd November) whilst staff carry out preventative maintenance on a small part of the runway surface. The repair work will be carried out once all scheduled commercial passenger flight movements have been completed for the day. The grass runways 13/31 and 03/21 will be available subject to suitable weather…

Are you a self-motivated and diligent person who is keen to develop while working in a team-focussed environment? Alderney Airport is looking for an Airport firefighter/groundsperson to provide fire cover, rescue services and first aid, in accordance with CAA and ICAO guidance and regulations. You will also assist in carrying out a range of other operational and specialist duties within the…

A spokesman for Alderney Airport said: “Alderney Airport’s main asphalt runway was closed for a short time on the 2nd August 2019, due to a light aircraft that suffered a tyre failure prior to take off at 14:59 local time. The closure was necessary to get the aircraft back to the apron safely. The other two grass runways remained open throughout the incident. There were no injuries to…

Alderney Airport will be operating on reduced opening hours for three days in April 2019. This is due to a shortage of Air Traffic Controller cover based on the island. These reduced hours are to ensure the available staff can safely comply with rules governing the amount of time they are allowed to work. The three days impacted are as follows: Tuesday 9th April Monday 15th April Wednesday 17th…

The States of Guernsey are to be asked to give the green light for a major upgrade to Alderney Airport, including essential repairs to the main runway. The project, expected to cost more than £12 million, will address the deterioration in the condition of the runway, which was last resurfaced in 1999. Extensive patch repairs have since been carried out, but more significant reconstruction is now…

A planned road resurfacing programme of Alderney’s roads and will affect access to Alderney Airport from today.   The work is being carried out on the car park outside the Alderney Airport terminal building in two phases in which a side of the car park will be closed today and on Monday 24th September whilst the work is being carried out for the States of Alderney. The roads nearby the…

Regretfully, Alderney Airport will have to operate on reduced opening hours on the days of Friday 13th, Saturday 14th, Sunday 15th, and Monday 16th July 2018. This is due to a shortage of Air Traffic Controllers based in the island, and more importantly, to ensure the available staff can safely comply with rules governing the amount of time they are allowed to work. Alderney Airport apologises…

Alderney Airport are looking for an Airport Firefighter to join their team. Airport fire fighters provide fire cover, rescue services and first aid, in accordance with CAA and ICAO guidance and regulations. The post holder will assist in carrying out a range of other operational, specialist and emergency duties within the airport perimeter. Follow this link to view the full job description…