RE: Trilander

Aurigny advertise on most of their Trislanders as it is good advertising for the companies and generates a bit of money for them.

I agree that SOU has changed quite a lot.I remember the old airport terminal was extremely old and ugly with not many airlines serving the airport.The airport was loosing a lot of airlines and really was going downhill.However,with the new terminal being built and BAA taking over the airport and so the airport saw much growth especially with BA.Now BA,BEA,Scot Airways,AF,Aurigny and Aer Arran all serve the airport with destinations all over the UK and Ireland and also to Paris CDG,Amsterdam,Brussels and Frankfurt.There are also numerous charters with Iberworld,Spanair,Air Europa,Air Malta,etc.

Aurigny operate the saab 340 from Guernsey to Amsterdam daily.They took over the route after KLM pulled out.It didn’t used to be popular and Aurigny were thinking about getting rid of it,but local company Spectsavers,now fund the route (for some strange reason)

Rumour has it that the ATR 42 Aurigny have leased in for the summer,is just in for trial and if it is succesful then they might consider it as a new aircraft for the fleet.This would be good for them because they could expand their operations from Jersey.

RE: Trilander

I said I would post some pictures of the Trislander,so here we are.Most of the Aurigny Trislanders advertise local finance companies,however,G-JOEY and G-XTOR still remain in the Aurigny livery.
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RE: Aircraft Museums

I’ve been to the Southampton Hall Of Aviation.I didn’t find it that good because it was mainly all the classic aircraft.

RE: Trilander

The Aurigny Trislanders operate the ACI-SOU route around 8 times a day.They used to operate Saturday charters from Southampton to Jersey but this was operated by the Shorts 360 and finished around 3 years ago because they were not popular or profitable because of the BA dominance on the route.
Aurigny have been using the Trislanders since the 1970s and have prooved popular with passengers because they are so reliable on the routes from the islands to the south coast and northern France.You would be surprised how many visitors now come to the islands and say “We want a wide on those little yellow planes,” is amazing,though it has always been common for me to travel on one of these aircraft and its never really been a big occasion,for some holiday makers its really exciting to be travelling on something so small and noisy because they are rarely flown on or seen in the rest of Europe except with AirX (Another C.I. airline) and Skytrek.
The trouble is that now you have all these large jets and props flying,that people think why do I want to be stuck on a cramped and stuffy aircraft for 20 minutes to an hour,when I can travel in a larger aircraft,which is quicker and more comfortable?Also the fact that there is only one pilot and so this has lead local polititions and islanders to complain about the safety aspect of these aircraft. Aurigny cannot afford to run two pilots on the Trislander due to the cost.It would be devastating if they were forced to put two pilots on.
The affects of 9/11 has also pushed up the costs of inter island travel because of security (before then Aurigny didn’t have any security checks) and the popularity of the ferry,which is much cheaper,is leaving Aurigny in trouble and the Trislanders with an uncertain future ahead.

I have travelled on the Trislanders many times,around 3 times a year I would think.GCI-JER and GCI-ACI is the main route I travel,but also once I flew GCI-ACI-SOU which was quite fun,though quite long and also there was a lot of turbulance!
I will post some pictures of the Aurigny Trislanders tomorrow as well as the new AirX trislander.

RE: Your fav place in the world?

San Tomas on the south of the island.

RE: Pic Of The Day-Emirates!

Great picture!

RE: I’m back from my voyage!

Our resort is San Tomas,looks very nice.