Channel Express

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Defunct airline of the United Kingdom (1978–2006)

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::summary Defunct airline of the United Kingdom (1978–2006) ::

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FieldValue
airlineChannel Express
logoChannel Express Logo.png
logo_size140
IATALS
ICAOEXS
callsignCHANNEX
founded
(as Express Air Services)
commenced
(as Channel Express)
ceased
(rebranded as Jet2.com)
basesBournemouth Airport
parent{{ubl
headquartersChristchurch, Dorset
websitechannel-express.co.uk
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Channel Express (Air Services) Limited was an airline with its head office in Building 470 at Bournemouth Airport in Christchurch, Dorset, near Bournemouth. 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.com, 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 Handley Page Dart Herald aircraft. After securing Post Office contracts in the early 1980s the airline adopted the Channel Express name in 1983. In 2002 Channel Express established its low-cost brand Jet2.com, whose name it took in January 2006.

Fleet

As of 2005 the Channel Express fleet was made up of:

Destinations

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Accidents and incidents

12 January 1999 – a Channel Express Fokker F-27 Mk 500 G-CHNL stalled and crashed on approach to Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands. Both crew were killed. Two houses were destroyed by fire and one person on the ground was injured.

References

References

  1. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20000919023208/http://www.channel-express.co.uk/html/hindex.html Contact Information]." Channel Express. Retrieved on 31 December 2011. "Channel Express (Air Services) Limited Building 470 Bournemouth International Airport Christchurch Dorset. BH23 6SE."
  2. [[Flight International]] 3 April 2007
  3. (29 February 2000). "Report on the incident to Fokker F27-600 Friendship, G-CHNL, near Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands on 12 January 1999". Air Accidents Investigation Branch.

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