Alderney and Dorniers
Indeed, G-LGIS finally took to the air today and left Oberpfaffenhofen after arriving there on September 2nd, 2016. (I understand it should have returned to GCI on Monday.) Don't expect it back in service immediately, however. A lot still has to be done, including calculating its weight.
G-SAYE no longer has a permanent stretcher fixture. It did not satisfy all the medical authorities (and may not have been a particularly comforting sight to ordinary passengers!) so was removed. Ironically a medivac was required shortly after its removal.
Hermite has asked how medivacs will be handled. The answer is "with difficulty" or "by sea" until the new Air Alderney Ltd take to the air with BN Islander/Defenders. At present Aurigny remain ill-equipped to handle medivacs. This afternoon only one aircraft was available for ops from ACI - Do.228 G-OAUR. Trislander G-BEVT required routine maintenance after its ACI-GCI sector this morning and so joined G-SAYE in the hangar. All flights from ACI depended on G-OAUR meaning no aircraft was available for a medivac. Locally, many feel Air Alderney's proposals might better suit medivac needs. Do228s are not easy to adapt for emergency flights.
Last edited by Gurnard; 16th Mar 2017 at 22:00.
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