Channel Express

Channel Express
Founded	January 1978; (as Express Air Services)
Commenced operations	1983; (as Channel Express)
Ceased operations	January 2006; (rebranded as Jet2)
Operating bases	Bournemouth Airport
Parent company	Channel Express Group (1983–1991); Dart Group plc (1991–2006);
Headquarters	Christchurch, Dorset
Website	channel-express.co.uk

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

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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.

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