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Old 31st Mar 2016, 20:20
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Aurigny also changed overnight with the 9/11 attacks. Tucked away in its own little corner of the airport in Jersey with no security screening (the bags were never screened either!) and an intimate service almost akin to a bus route. The very next morning after 9/11 (I remember it well) that area ceased to exist and the operation was shunted up to the western end of the pier at Gates 6 &7 with passengers and bags subjected to full screening (in case Al Qaeda wanted to take out a beach hut with a trislander). I'm not suggesting that has led to the airline's downfall but it certainly didn't help with the level of inter island traffic and a small contribution at least.
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