Channel Express
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Founded | 1978 (as Express Air Services) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1978 | ||||||
Ceased operations | January 2006 (rebranded as Jet2) | ||||||
Hubs | Bournemouth Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 10 (2005) | ||||||
Headquarters | Christchurch, Dorset | ||||||
Website | channel-express.co.uk |
Channel Express (Air Services) Limited was an
Bournemouth International Airport in Christchurch, Dorset, near Bournemouth.[1] It operated scheduled services from Bournemouth to the Channel Islands and nightly cargo services to Europe and throughout the UK on behalf of Royal Mail and other overnight express carriers. Short notice and ad hoc charters were also operated throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
, as well as wet-lease operations on behalf of major scheduled airlines. Its main base was Bournemouth International Airport (BOH).
In January 2006 the name Channel Express was dropped, and the company rebranded entirely to become
Jet2
, the name given to the company's successful low-cost airline.
History
The airline was established in January 1978 and started operations in 1978. It started with daily services to the Channel Islands under the name of Express Air Services using
Jet2, whose name it took in January 2006.[2]
Fleet
As of 2005 the Channel Express fleet was made up of:[3]
- 3 Fokker F27
- 6 Airbus A300
- 17 Boeing 737
- 2 Boeing 757
- 5 Lockheed L-188 Electra
Destinations
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Prague Ruzyně International Airport
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Nice - Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
- Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport
- Toulouse - Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
- Germany
- Cologne/Bonn Airport
- Guernsey
- Ireland
- Italy
- Milan - Milan Malpensa Airport
- Naples - Naples International Airport
- Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport
- Jersey
- Kosovo
- Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport
- Lisbon - Lisbon Airport
- Spain
- Barcelona - Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Palma de Mallorca - Palma de Mallorca Airport
- Murcia - Murcia–San Javier Airport
- United Kingdom
- Aberdeen - Aberdeen Airport
- Bournemouth - Bournemouth Airport
- Nottingham - East Midlands Airport
- Edinburgh - Edinburgh Airport
- London - Gatwick Airport
- London - London Stansted Airport
- Manchester - Manchester Airport
See also
References
- ^ "Contact Information." Channel Express. Retrieved on 31 December 2011. "Channel Express (Air Services) Limited Building 470 Bournemouth International Airport Christchurch Dorset. BH23 6SE."
- ^ Flight International 3 April 2007
- ^ "Channel Express Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
External links
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