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Chernobyl children stepped into the boots of the Airport Fire Service on their latest adventure in their four weeks of fun on the island. The group of 10-11 year olds were on their annual trip organised by the Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline Guernsey Link. Station Manager Andre Mayor said, "they were given a full tour of the station, tried on the kit and sprayed the giant water cannon…

The third Alderney Fly-In event took place on the 26th-28th June and was a storming success; with a total of 45 aircraft attending. Attendees were invited to a reception party on the Friday night, in the Rose and Crown, followed by a BBQ supper and marvellous music of virtuoso Spanish and Flamenco guitarist Jorge Llopis. On Saturday morning; the pilots were encouraged to try…

Aurigny’s G-JOEY will fly its last commercial passenger flight this coming Sunday, 28 June. The Trislander will leave Southampton for Alderney and then fly from there into Guernsey, arriving at approximately 1930. Picture courtesy of Jean-Marie Urlacher.  

Perfect flying conditions Friday enabled the arrival of all 60 aircraft entered for the 2015 Air Rally, bringing in over 130 people. Rally Director, Gary Elson said, "Weather forecasts both here, in the UK and enroute can make or break this event, and on Friday we were lucky enough to have good weather everywhere. We had expected some cancellations, but everybody who was on the list for…

Leading regional airline’s ‘One Stop to the World’ passenger commitment now extended with onward connections to Dubai Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has today (10th June 2015) announced a new codeshare agreement with Dubai’s Emirates airline*, further strengthening its proposition to connect regional customers with ‘One Stop to the World’ routes with bookings made via the…

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Guernsey Airport was delighted to welcome the inaugural flight of Intersky’s new Zurich – Guernsey Charter service, with the traditional watersplash courtesy of the Airport Fire Service. Visit Guernsey’s Mike Hopkins welcomed the crew to Guernsey on Saturday afternoon.  

Next month will hopefully see more than forty light aircraft flying into Guernsey to participate in the Guernsey Aero Club ‘Air Rally’. This event, sponsored by Aircraft Servicing Guernsey, and to be held between 19 and 21 June, traditionally attracts a wide range of participants linked by their enthusiasm General Aviation. As well as flying into Guernsey, the Guernsey Aero Club also offers…

Guernsey Airport played host to the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight’s C-47 Dakota last Saturday following a fly-past over St Peter Port to mark the 70th Anniversary of Liberation Day. The Dakota arrived on the 9th May and left a day later via Sark to perform a fly-past over the Island to mark it’s Liberation Celebrations. The Aircraft, ZA947, was manufactured in the United States and…

Guernsey Airport will today (Friday 15 May 2015) conclude an aviation security training course for some of its managers and partners managers.  This mandatory course is aimed at improving security for managers employed by airports, airlines and anyone else, who has responsibility for security when they are undertaking aviation activities. The course attendees are provided with information to…