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Guernsey Airport would like to thank passengers, business partners, airlines, and all other parties involved in this morning’s issue with our X-ray hold baggage machine which suffered from techinical problems since Sunday (23rd September).   Guernsey Airport staff, airline and security staff were ready to process passengers earlier than normal at around 5.45am to deal with any possible…

The 2018 Crimestoppers Runway Run is on Saturday (22nd Sept) at Guernsey Airport! Make sure you check in on time and don’t forget anything important (don’t worry you can leave your passport at home!) we’ve put together this bullet point guide. A full briefing has been sent to you via e-mail so make sure you read that before you head to the runway on Saturday! • Please ‘check in’ at…

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…

Aurigny has taken delivery of its second New Generation Dornier 228 aircraft, marking an important investment in its Alderney, Southampton, and Dinard services. The aircraft is due to operate its maiden commercial flight later this week. It arrives with the registration, G-ETAC, in homage to Les Etacs rocks in Alderney, an iconic islet and home toa large colony of gannets.   It joins…

Blue Islands has enjoyed a record breaking summer as it welcomed 37,788 passengers onboard in August, the most customers it has ever served in a single month and an increase of 8% from August 2017. This comes as the Channel Islands based airline flew 107,298 passengers in the summer months of June, July and August, another record amount, up 3% from the same period in 2017. Winter 2016/17 saw Blue…

Wednesday 12th September 2018 sees the return of the popular Meet the Pilots’ static event to be held on the Guernsey Airport west apron between 2 and 5 pm. “We are expecting most of the air display aircraft to attend”, said Event Organiser, Gary Elson. “Including the RV8s of Team Raven, a Jet Provost and the Beech 18. We plan to have a number of warbirds, including a P51 Mustang, a…

Blue Islands is bringing back its popular fly / rail service which will give Guernsey residents and business travellers easier, stress-free access to central London via Southampton. The locally-owned airline has partnered with South Western Railway, the new train operator on the Southampton Airport Parkway to London Waterloo route, to resurrect the popular link between plane and train to central…

Aurigny is making changes to its policies for Passengers with Reduced Mobility and Unaccompanied Minors, to protect the safety and welfare of all passengers. It is also introducing new measures and new fares to support passengers, if they need to be accompanied on a flight.   Unaccompanied Minors After considerable review and consideration, the airline has taken the difficult decision to…

A group of six, ex-service and Royal British Legion members will represent Guernsey at the Great Pilgrimage 90 to remember those who fought and lost their lives in World War I. In 1928, a decade after the end of WWI, the British Legion (as it was then known) organised for 11,000 veterans and war widows to visit the battlefields of the Somme and Ypres before marching to the Menin Gate. Exactly 90…

Guernsey Airport is apologising to passengers who had their flights delayed today (Monday 30th July). The Head of Aviation Services Ashley Nicholas said: "G4S, which operates the security provisions at Guernsey Airport, is experiencing a temporary issue with staffing levels which led to some delay in processing passengers. We apologise for any inconvenience this is causing, however the safety of…