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What we compareAB AirlinesFlybe
Country in archiveUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
Founded1993November 1, 1979
Founder—John Habin
HeadquartersLondon Stansted Airport, United Kingdom, United KingdomExeter, England, United Kingdom
Name originThe sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the AB Airlines name.The airline began as Jersey European Airways in 1979 and became British European Airways in 2000. On 18 July 2002 the name was shortened to Flybe. The sources used here do not explain how the word was coined, though it reads as a contraction of fly and be.
Highlights—Regional passenger flights, Exeter hub, Embraer 195 launch customer
Earliest archived brand logo19931979
Latest archived logo19932020
Archived logo assets18

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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