Originally Posted by
kcockayne
AUR operated 2 DHC6 a/c some time ago - I think that it was late '80s or early 90s. They gave up on them after a few years & the reason stated was that the short flights & the sea air gave them operational problems. I am not a mechanic, so,I don't really understand what those problems were. But, the airline definitely had a problem with the a/c & the engines - enough to take them out of service.
I think it was early 80s to mid 80s they operated the DHC6. G-BIMW and G-BFGP. MW was painted in full Aurigny colours and GP was more of a hybrid paint scheme.[ probably came from another airline and modified by aurigny, never got the full paint scheme.]