Channel Express

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Channel Express (Air Services) was an airline based in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. 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.

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Fleet
4 External links

[edit] Code Data

IATA Code: LS
ICAO Code: EXS
Callsign: Channex

[edit] 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. After securing Post Office contracts the airline adopted the Channel Express name in 1983. It was wholly owned by the Dart Group, which started the airline Jet2.com in 2002.

[edit] Fleet

Until 2005 the Channel Express fleet was made up of Fokker F27, Airbus A300 and Boeing 737. The Jet2 fleet comprises 20 Boeing 737-300 and 4 Boeing 757-200 aircraft.