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FA charges - January 2024

Airport runway closes due to plane technical fault

The runway reopened after more than 30 minutes and the flight schedule has been disrupted.

Faulty aircraft closes runway for half an hour

AURIGNY’S schedules were disrupted yesterday after a fault in one of its Dornier aircraft closed the airport runway for half an hour.

Why did solar power idea fail to take off?

I was impressed by SCM Sweet’s letter [GP 7 November 2023] about solar power opportunities on Guernsey. Much less so by the negative reaction of senior management at this island’s airport that some at least of their many acres could be used as a site for panels. ‘Visual distraction’ here was to blame he was told when he pointed out that Christchurch Airport in New Zealand was already heavily into a project and with considerable benefits.

Exercise tests response to drone strike on ATR

Guernsey Airport’s runway closed for three hours yesterday, as emergency services practised how to react if an ATR struck a drone while coming into land.