En Voyage - Issue #8
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WELCOME ABOARD!<br />
MARK DARBY<br />
CHIEF<br />
EXECUTIVE<br />
OFFICER<br />
I hope you had a great Christmas<br />
and that the New Year will bring with it<br />
everything you hope and wish for.<br />
I’m delighted to say that this year’s been<br />
one of our busiest ever festive periods, flying<br />
tens of thousands of customers all over our<br />
network to spend time with their friends and<br />
loved ones. This doesn’t mean that all the<br />
fun and celebrations have to stop though.<br />
While the holiday season may be coming<br />
to an end, we, at Aurigny, are excited to<br />
mark a very special year for the airline, our<br />
50th anniversary. That’s right, all the way back<br />
in 1968, Aurigny was born and took to the<br />
skies for the very first time. It was on 1 March<br />
to be precise. Our first commercial flight<br />
between Alderney and Guernsey, all thanks<br />
to our founder, the late Sir Derrick Bailey.<br />
And as this is such a significant milestone<br />
for the airline, we want the whole<br />
community to get involved and help us<br />
celebrate in style. We have a whole host<br />
of community-based activities, events and<br />
special competitions planned and we hope<br />
people of all ages, across the Bailiwick, will<br />
join us in marking this special year. More<br />
information about our 50 years is available<br />
on pages 8-9 and please look out for further<br />
details in the coming weeks and months<br />
about how you can play your part.<br />
While, we may be reaching the big<br />
‘five-0’ we are not looking to slow down<br />
and have plenty of other exciting plans<br />
for 2018 and many years to come.<br />
2018 is going to be an exciting year for<br />
Guernsey in many ways as it marks the<br />
release of the much-anticipated film of<br />
‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel<br />
Society’, read more on pages 18-21. I’m<br />
sure this will help to attract more people<br />
to the Bailiwick and help us showcase<br />
what a special place it is to live and visit.<br />
If you’re new to the islands, this edition<br />
features the first of a three-part series<br />
on the island of Sark on pages 22-26<br />
and we also have a great guide for how<br />
best to spend ‘48 hours in Guernsey.’<br />
For those looking to ‘kick-start’ the New Year<br />
with a short break or holiday away from the<br />
island, there are great options right across our<br />
network, no matter what your age or interests.<br />
In this edition of our magazine we’ve got all<br />
you need to know about family attractions<br />
in Manchester (pages 52-55). But if snow<br />
and slopes are more your thing, turn over<br />
to pages 58-60 to discover more about<br />
family snow fun via our Grenoble route.<br />
Wherever your heading and whatever<br />
your plans, thank you for flying with Aurigny<br />
and we look forward to seeing you many<br />
more times during the course of this year.<br />
We are incredibly proud to have<br />
served so many loyal customers over<br />
the last 50 years and hope to continue<br />
for many more decades to come.<br />
The whole team at Aurigny wish you<br />
a very happy and prosperous 2018!<br />
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