Jersey European Airways (UK) Ltd. | Introduction
Introduction
Exeter International Airport
Exeter, Devon EX5 2BD
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44-1392-366-669
Fax: +44-1392-366-6151
Web site: http://www.flybe.com
Private Company
Incorporated: 1979
Employees: 1,500
Sales: £236 million (2004 est.)
NAIC: 481111 Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
Jersey European Airways (UK) Ltd. is the third largest airline in the United Kingdom. The company, which began marketing itself under the name "FlyBE" in 2002, calls itself the largest independently owned regional airline in Europe. FlyBE flys about four million passengers a year to 17 domestic and 25 international destinations. About 80 percent of its bookings were made online. Due to its evolution as a regional carrier, FlyBE is unique in maintaining a headquarters and hub in relatively rural Exeter. However, this has helped the airline carve its own niche. As company Managing Director Jim French put it, "We are enabling the population living outside London and the southeast to enjoy the same benefits of low-fare travel as the city dwellers."