Alderney Airport other destinations such as Brighton, Bournemouth, Cherbourg, Exeter, Plymouth and Jersey were abandoned over the years due to what Blue Islands for example claimed was 'lack of interest'. These routes had been operated on and off by Aurigny and Blue Islands but also Alderney Air Ferries, Air Sarnia and Air Camelot during the 1970s and 1980s. The number of air routes to the island is at its lowest since the Second World War except for a brief intermission during the 1967-8 period, when another airline (Glos Air, later to be Aurigny Air Services) was found to fill the void (see
Avery Island, Louisiana to preserve the Island's beauty, wildlife, and utility as a wildlife refuge. Today Jungle Gardens and Bird City are open to the public. Avery Island is surrounded on all sides by bayous (slow-moving, muddy rivers), salt marsh, and swampland; it sits about west of New Orleans. The island was a sugar plantation formerly known as "Petite Anse Island". ("Petite Anse" means "Little Cove" in Cajun French.) Access to the island is via toll road (technically, a very low toll bridge, which charges only on inbound traffic). At its highest point, the island is above mean sea level. It covers about