Aurigny customer service, and high fares. Many of these complaints have been about, or due to, the removal of the Britten-Norman Trislander fleet and the acquisition of four Dornier 228 aircraft. These aircraft have suffered continual technical issues, resulting in high cost to the airline and frequent delays or cancelations to flights to and from Alderney. The airline was forced to reschedule it's celebratory last Trislander 'joy-flights' three times due to continued technical problems with the Dornier fleet. On 9 June 2017, Aurigny withdrew the island's medevac service outside of normal hours, meaning Alderney residents could only be transferred to hospital
French immigration to Puerto Rico were already immigrant communities bound for the New World colonies. Those who immigrated to Puerto Rico were given free land and a "Letter of Domicile" with the condition that they swore loyalty to the Spanish Crown and allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church. Most of the new immigrants eventually were settled in the interior of the island which was mostly undeveloped. After residing in the island for five years these European settlers were granted a "Letter of Naturalization" which made them Spanish subjects. Thousands of French and Corsican families (the Corsicans were French citizens of Italian descent) settled in Puerto