Channel Express
Channel Express (Air Services) Limited was an airline with its head office in Building 470 at Bournemouth International 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).
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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 | ||||||
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.