Channel Airways

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. ... more

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