Alderney residents wishing to take a break from the island during Alderney Week can take advantage of a special deal offered by Aurigny. The airline is making 185 seats to Southampton available between 29 July – 1 August returning between 5 – 8 August at £73 return inclusive of taxes, charges and debit card fees.

Aurigny Commercial Director Malcolm Coupar says:

‘This is an important time for the island’s visitor economy and a very busy period for Aurigny. We operate many extra flights to and from Southampton to bring people to the festivities, and this traditionally generates many empty seats going in the opposite direction.

‘For some islanders this is the perfect time to get away and visit friends and relatives and we have looked to make as many seats as possible available at the special price. The service to Southampton is a life-line route and we are keen to give Alderney residents as much value as we can.

‘Across our network, the residents of Alderney uniquely benefit from the facility to purchase web fares at our airport ticket office and pay by cash to avoid debit and credit card charges.

‘We have senior citizen’s discounts and children’s discounts on Guernsey services, no charges for unaccompanied minors on Guernsey & Southampton services, transportation of pets to and from the UK, no change of booking fees on Guernsey & Southampton flights and now this Alderney week special offer.’

Tickets are available exclusively on Aurigny.com from 26th May 2011 by entering the promotion code “escape”. Bookings are subject to availability and must be made by the 15th of July 2011