operation of domestic and European services from UK regional airports. On 1 February 2006, British Airways Citiexpress was renamed BA Connect. See also List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom Facts of interest Brad Burgess was instrumental in setting up Connectair. He had been managing director of Air Europe Express and CityFlyer Express, and subsequently he was chairman of Astraeus. Flight numbers in the 7000 and 8000 range used to be allocated to CityFlyer Express-operated British Airways franchise flights. Following CityFlyer's integration into the British Airways mainline operation at Gatwick, the latter's scheduled services from the airport to Amsterdam Schiphol, Bordeaux, Dublin, Jersey, Luxembourg, Nice and Toulouse still used flight numbers in these ranges, thus identifying them as former CityFlyer Express routes. Notes and citations Notes Citations References External links Competition Commission report into merger Airlines established in 1992 Airlines disestablished in 2006 British Airways Companies based in Crawley Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom 3i Group companies 1992 establishments in England 2006 disestablishments in England