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What we compareFlybeAB Airlines
Country in archiveUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
FoundedNovember 1, 19791993
FounderJohn Habin—
HeadquartersExeter, England, United KingdomLondon Stansted Airport, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Name originThe 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.The sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the AB Airlines name.
HighlightsRegional passenger flights, Exeter hub, Embraer 195 launch customer—
Earliest archived brand logo19791993
Latest archived logo20201993
Archived logo assets81

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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