Car Hire Jersey Airport

If you are looking for car hire UK then consider car hire Jersey Airport. All vehicles have comprehensive insurance, free breakdown assistance and an offer of unlimited mileage. If a problem arises our mechanics can come out to help you no matter what time of day it is and if they are unable to fix the car they can replace it. Book now for exceptional deals on a range of cars.

Jersey may be a small airport and we have fantastic range of car rental Jersey Airport (JER) options. Choose from manuals, compact cars, automatics, prestige cars and four-wheel-drive vehicles among many others. Jersey is a British Crown dependency. Not only is it an attractive place to live with a striking coastline but there are distinctive tax benefits to living on the Channel Islands.

Therefore the airport has had a long history and was used for sea planes as far back as the 1930s. The Luftwaffe German air force took over Jersey airport in their attempts to conquer Britain during World War Two. At the time the airport had four grass runways, the longest of which was about 3000 feet. After the war was over two commercial airlines started running operations. They were Imperial Airways and Jersey Airways.

Flying in the old days was quite difficult due to adverse weather conditions and tidal considerations. Although the runways have been improved since those times they are still quite short and more recently the charter airline Thomson Airways suspended some of its services from Jersey airport because larger planes could not be accommodated. Today there are around 64,000 aircraft movements at Jersey airport.

Jersey Airport has the IATA airport code JER and it is located in the parish of Saint Peter. The airport is used by some one and a half million passengers and many of them choose car hire Jersey airport. By car at it is only a short four and a half mile journey to the main town of Saint Helier. Having rental vehicle is much quicker than using the bus. Representatives can meet you as soon as you clear customs at Jersey Airport with the vehicle keys. All vehicles come with a full tank of gas and a map of the surrounding area so you can get going as soon as possible.