Channel Airways (formely East Anglian Flying Services) was an airline based in the United Kingdom. Channel Airways ceased operations in 1972.
Channel Airways was one of the earliest, post-World War II independent British airlines. Former Royal Air Force squadron leader Jack Jones founded Channel Airways in 1946 as East Anglian Flying Services. It commenced commercial operations with war-surplus de Havilland Dragon Rapide piston-engined biplanes. ...
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Channel Airways (formely East Anglian Flying Services) was an airline based in the United Kingdom. Channel Airways ceased operations in 1972.
Channel Airways was one of the earliest, post-World War II independent British airlines. Former Royal Air Force squadron leader Jack Jones founded Channel Airways in 1946 as East Anglian Flying Services. It commenced commercial operations with war-surplus de Havilland Dragon Rapide piston-engined biplanes. Ipswich Airport was the newly formed airline's first base. The base was subsequently moved to Southend Municipal Airport near Southend-on-Sea in Essex, Southeast England. The new airline operated inclusive tour (IT) charter flights and regional scheduled services along the UK's South Coast, as well as between the South Coast, the Channel Islands and the Continent.
During the 1950s East Anglian Flying Services supplemented and eventually replaced the Dragon Rapides with de Havilland Doves and Vickers Vikings. In the 1960s Douglas DC-3s were...
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