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" Jersey Airways (flyBe) will officiallt begin services on 1 April Year 1 fromm Birmingham. We plan to offer the best service coupled with incredibly low prices and the comfiest aircraft"

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Thats not right. You need Exeter and Southampton in v3 lol. Even then EXT shall be mine!

Q400s, EMB 195s, Bae 146s/Avros and 737s only

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Thats not right. You need Exeter and Southampton in v3 lol. Even then EXT shall be mine!

Q400s, EMB 195s, Bae 146s/Avros and 737s only

Yeah well, considering the only airport on AE where flyBe are bifg is Birmingham, I thought it was better to do it that way. And consideirng that there is Thomas Cook based @ Glasgow, at least flyBe have a presence at Birmingham, or one that is a noted one

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Jesrey Airways Expands Fleet

Jersey Airways (flyBe) has expanded its fleet to three turboprop aircraft following a good start to its flying career. It took delivery of it's third aircraft, a Dornier 328 in a ceremony at the beginning of May. The Chief Executive Tom Cruikshank had this to say:

This is a great achievment for our airline having only been operating for 1 month. I am ecstatic abotu this purchase, the longer range and higher payload of this aircraft has enabled us to transfer our Paris flights as well as open a new flight to Rome. We plan to exercise our 10 options we have with Dornier in the near future.

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FLYBE ends German and Irish Flights


Following an aircraft pruchase, to trim costs, Jersey Airways has terminated its Hamburg, Dublin, Belfast and Manchester prices stating that more populr routes such as Rome can now have higher frequencies. This comes as a major blow to Hamburg as this was the only link available from Birmingham. CEO Tom Cruikshank said this:

It is regrettable that we had to terminate these routes but it seemed the most sensible thing to do considering higher profits are available from other areas. It has enabled us to increase frequencies both within the Uk and continentally. This is not a major loss to Birmingham considering that three of the four routes closed are served comprehensively by other airlines. We plan to re-instate the Manchester route in the near future, this was closed simply to make use of the spare slots we hold at Birmingham

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Jersey Airways Leaves Airliners Alliance

Jersey Airways has left the Airliners Airline Alliance stating that "the alliance and Jersey Airways are taking different paths" The airline is currently waiting for the leaving confirmation from the president Taurus Air

" It is sad that we have chosen to leave the alliance but the alliance was not offering us anything of value given our current business plan. We plan to continue being close to the alliance members, especially the European members, but this may change as we have recieved offers from a number of alliances to join them"

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Jersey Airways Re-enters Profitability


Jersey Airways has re-enterd profitability following a debt after the delivery of their third aircraft, Tom Cruikshank said this: "We are incredibly pleased that we are out of the red, although we were never that worried by our debt, we took it as a downside to the expansion

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Jersey Airways Increases UK Presence

Jersey Airways has increased it's presence on UK regional routes. The Birmingham based airline has re-started routes between Birmingham and Manchester offering a twice daily service. The airline has alos increased its London services from the airport to three times daily. Both services use Beech 1900D Tom Cruikshank siad this: "It is with great pleasure that I announce our expansion. We regreted closing the Manchester route in April, and I am pleased we could re-start it after finding more slots at Birmingham. These new slots have enabled us to increase frequency on the extremely popular Heathrow services. We now use 100% of our fleets available hours."

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Jersey Airway's New Image

Birmingham based Jersey Airways has developed a new image for itself. It has a new corporate identity in the form of a new logo and a new aircraft liver based on the logo. CEO Tom Cruikshank said this

"The new brand image of Jersey Airways is set to appeal to the more modern age, but we have made the decision to reduce the brand's dependance on "flyBe". I love the new logo and would like to thank Sam at RedJet for his assistance and creation of our new brand image

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Jersey Airways Orders New Aircraft

Jersey Airways ordered a new aircraft yesterday following a month of good fortune. The Dornier 328 is already a member of the Jersey fleet, but another example with be delivered in a months time. Tom Cruikshank said this:

"I am very pleased to announce this purchase. It will enable the airline to expand our route map and destinations in Switzerland and Scandinavia have already been selected for the new aircraft.

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Jersey Airways Now Biggest at Birmingham

Following the delivery of the aforementioned Dornier 328, Jesrey Airways is now joint largets at Birmingham, holding fifteen percent of the market along with Air Birminham. Tom Cruikshank said this:

"Following the delivery of our new aircraft, Jersey Airways has been able to start services to Zurich and Helinski. The new aircraft has also enabled us to increase seats on the Brussels and Amsterdam services as well as extra frequencies to Newcastle and Manchester"

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Jersey Airways Ends Helinski Services in favour of Newcastle frquencies

Jersey Airways ended all services between Helinski and Birmingham and chose instead to concentrate on increasing frequency on services such as Amsterdam and Newcastle. Tom Cruikshank said this :

"It is regrettable that we had to end this service but in the cut throat aviation business, the Helinksi service was not justified when more profit and more passengers can be found by increasing current service frequencies, such as Amsterdam ,which now has 5 daily services

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Jersey Airways: New routes and New Alliance

"Jersey Airways last week opened a new route to Copenhagen from Birmingham. The airline also applied to join the Global Alliance, a new alliance with Euro Intermnational

"We are very pleased to open this new route and we also have ordered a new aircraft to cater for this route. We hope to become a founding member of the Global Alliance, which we hope will set new standards in the AE Alliance world

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Jersey Airways Expands Fleet

Birmingham based Jersey Airways has just taken delivery of another aircraft after signing a deal with the defunct Nexus. Nexus went bankrupt last month after difficulties and problems with the law, although the Jersey Airways deal was done strictly by the book. Another aicraft is set to join the fleet in the coming months and they will be used on the more flexible routes, particularly within the United Kingdom. A brand new Bombardier Q400 has also been ordered and will join the fleet next month. A new service between Nice and Bimringham has been inagurated by the airline as well, which links up with routes operated by it's fellow alliance member Euro International. Frequencies have also been increased on the Copenhagen and Manchester routes. CEO Tom Cruikshank said this:

"It has been a whirlwind month for us and Jersey Airways is set to do extrememly well in the coming months. I once said the beecjh aircraft will be phased out; i now retract that statement, the Beeches will aid our expansion. The Q400 is ideal for our operations, given the lower availability of Birmingham gates. We are also in talks with Airbus to acquire A32S series aircraft as well as Boeing for their equivalent. We are also close to signing a deal for Saab and Embraer aircraft

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Jersey Airways Joins 3RA Alliance

Jersey Airways caused much controversy last month when it left the Global Alliance and immedietly joined the 3RA Alliance. Tom Cruikshank said this:

"It is regrettable that we had to do this, but we feel it is the best for our airline. We are delighted to be creating the new 3RA alliance with Highflyer Airlines, something which fits our airline more accurately

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Jersey Airways opens Luton base

Jersey Airways today opened a new base at London Luton offering flights to Newcastle, Oslo, Montpieller, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Dublin. There is currently a beech based there which will be imminently replaced with a Saab 2000 from another JSAA member

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Jersey Airways Restructures: No more EDI, NCL or LTN

Yesterday, Birmingham based Jersey Airways announced the closure of all bases except Birmingham. The airline dramatically reduced its fleet and upgraded all Birmingham services to the premier aircraft in the fleet:

" We regret to have to close these bases, but the airline could not expand while still operating dated aircraft and the cost of operating four bases was crippling. The EDI base will eventually be re-opened, using more a modern and environmentally friendy fleet. The closure means we can improve the service for Birmingham passengers, our desired base. All passengers booked on our flights from our old HUBs have been transferred onto a different airline at no cost to them

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Jersey Airways re-opens EDI base, days after closure

Jersey Airways restr=arted the majority of flights from Edinburgh Turnhouse Airport yesterday. Tom Cruikshank said this:

The acquisition of two new Saab aircraft and the unsuccessful sale of our two Dornier Aircraft enables us to restart this base, something which I am delighted about. This means we can serve the United Kingdom as a whole, and means we can continue to serve this important city, with many flights per day. We will also increase capacity with the arrival of new aircraft in the cpming months

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Jersey Airways Ends 328 Services

Jersey Airways sold its last two Dornier Aircraft to Fresh! Airlines yesterday, following much deliberation. It then used the funs to purchase two aircraft, a Saab 2000 and an ATR42-500, to be based at EDI

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Jersey Airways Starts Chicago Flights,
and expands Stockhom services.

Following the delivery of an Airbus A319, Jersey Airways inagurated flights between Birmingham and Chicago O'Hare, the first flight of its kind. The ever expanding airline also expanded it's flights from Birminngham to Stockholm, as well as revealing plans for 50% more routes from Birmingham, following the order of 2 Airbus A320 aircraft.