Aurigny has had its best-ever month on its Gatwick route. Despite many companies pulling back on business travel the airline sales figures show that 13,897 chose to fly with Aurigny in May. “This is great news and confirmation that our new 08.40 departure from Guernsey is very popular with business travellers.” says Aurigny Managing Director, Malcolm Hart. “Combine that with some really attractive fares and the introduction of our two new ATR aircraft and we have a great month which is bucking market trends. “We also introduced new routes from Guernsey to East Midlands and Jersey to Stansted on 1 May and our first month has been really encouraging with our figures across the network 12% up on last year.” Ticket sales on the East Midlands service are 73% above forecast and 40% above the last time the airline operated on this route in May 2004. “We are also very pleased that we have upped our presence in Jersey” says Mr Hart. “With the reduction in other carrier’s services to London we had an idea that a reliable daily service to Stansted would be a valued alternative. In our first month of operations we are 55% above forecasts and have equaled the figures from the last time we ran this service in May 2004, when we had twice as many daily flights.”

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