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Jersey European & European Air Express Joins Europe by Air Pass
Program; Extensive New Service Now Available Between England, Scotland,
Germany & Ireland
LOS ANGELES - November 30, 1999 - Europebyair.com, the most comprehensive
all-airline flight pass, providing more than 130 business and leisure
destinations in Europe, is pleased to announce that Jersey European
Airways (www.jea.co.uk) and European Air Express have joined the Europe
by Air pass program. The announcement was made by Bill Wolf, president
Europe by Air.
One of the UK's fastest growing scheduled domestic carriers, Jersey
European Airways operates more than 150 flights a day to 17 UK and
two international destinations with a fleet of 25 aircraft.
"Jersey European Airways and European Air Express expand our
extensive network to the major business and leisure destinations in
England, Ireland, Scotland and Germany including such routes as London
City to Edinburgh, Scotland and London City to Belfast and Dublin,
Ireland," said Wolf.
The leading carrier in Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, and
third-largest scheduled airline at Birmingham, Jersey European carries
more than 2 million passengers a year across its network. The airline
also operates daily flights from Birmingham, England to Toulouse,
France and Glasgow, Scotland.
Additional cities served by Jersey European are Blackpool, Bristol,
Guernsey, Jersey, Leeds/Bradford, London Stansted and Southampton.
Reporting a pre-tax profit before tax in 1997/98 of £5.2 million
on a turnover of £135.5 million, the airline recently confirmed
an order for 15 new Bombardier CRJ and Dash 8 aircraft, worth over
US$250 million.
Jersey European operates a fleet of 27 aircraft - 17 BAe 146 Whisper
Jets, seven F27's and three SD360's under the two letter airline code
of JY.
European Air Express is based at Moenchengladbach Airport, which is
located 21km west of the city of Dusseldorf, Germany. Scheduled flights
operate daily between London Luton and Munich airports. Flights are
operated by Denim Air utilizing 48 passenger Fokker 50 aircraft but
marketed by European Air Express (3D).
Europebyair.com is the only air travel pass that offers the major
international business and vacation destinations of Europe, including:
Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin,
Hamburg, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Nice, Paris,
Rome and Venice. Europebyair.com passes are valid for flights within
Europe only, are sold in countries outside of Europe only and are
not available for sale to European residents.
Each Europebyair.com pass costs $99 each plus tax, subject to a minimum
purchase of three tickets, are non-refundable and valid for 120 days.
Airline members include: Air Greece-JG; Air Liberte'-IJ; Air One-AP;
Alpi Eagles Airlines-E8; Augsburg Airways-IQ; Croatian-OU; European
Air Express-3D; Estonian Airlines-OV; Jersey European-JY; LTU-LT;
PGA Portugalia-NI; LTU/RAS-RW; Spanair-JK; TTA TransTravel-6N; Virgin
Express-TV and VLM-VG.
For additional information please visit www.europebyair.com call your
travel agent or phone Europebyair.com's North American reservation
department at 1-888-387-2479. |
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