Channel Express (Air Services) is an airline based in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. It operates 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 are 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 is Bournemouth International Airport (BOH). A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Bournemouth is a seaside resort in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. ... The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Royal Mail is the national postal service in the United Kingdom. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... North Africa is a region generally considered to include: Algeria Egypt Libya Mauritania Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara The Azores, Canary Islands, and Madeira are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa. ... Bournemouth Airport (IATA code BOH) is an aviation facility about 8 km north east of Bournemouth, England. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: LS
• ICAO Code: EXS
• Callsign: Channex

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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 current title in 1983. It is wholly owned by the Dart Group, which started the airline Jet2.com in 2002. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jet2. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Fleet

The Channel Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2005): 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 3 Airbus A300B4
• 3 Boeing 737-300
• 2 Boeing 757-200

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External links

• Channel Express
• Channel Express Fleet Detail
• CI Aviation
• Photos of Channel Express aircraft

Airlines of the United Kingdom

Air Scotland | Air Southwest | Air Wales | Alpha One Airways | Astraeus | bmi | bmibaby | bmi regional | Britannia Airways | British Airways | British Airways Citiexpress | British Mediterranean Airways | Channel Express | Eastern Airways | Easyjet | Euromanx | Excel Airways | First Choice Airways | Flybe | Flyglobespan | Flykeen Airways | GB Airways | Highland Airways | Isles of Scilly Skybus | Jet2.com | Loganair | Monarch Airlines | MyTravel | MyTravel Lite | Palmair | Rockhopper | ScotAirways | Thomas Cook Airlines | Thomsonfly | Titan Airways | Virgin Atlantic Airways

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