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
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