I have very fond memories of working for Chris Foyle back in the late 80's and 90's. He called me one evening and asked if I could be at his office at 3am the next morning and if I could, all would be explained when I got there. "oh and pack a suitcase" he said.
     3am the next day I had a short meeting with Chris, then he handed me a bag of $$ and told me the taxi was downstairs waiting to take me to LHR so I could to catch a commercial over to VIE. That day started a long relationship for me and the AN124 and off I went on the first of many long haul trips.
     Not only did he introduce me to the delights of the AN124, IL76, AN22 etc, I was his Ops Supervisor during the start up phase of easyJet, Airworld, Air Scandic, Sabre Airways.
     He was incredibly supportive towards me when I resigned from Air Foyle after the loss of my Mother in 1995. Only he and my immediate boss Tony Sanders were truly supportive of my decision to quit a very well paid job and to go and find peace with myself.
     A true gentleman, there are three words that sum up Chris Foyle:
     Bloody Nice Bloke.

Andy Farmer, AF Aviation, Ltd.

     What terribly sad news. Chris was one of the aviation industry's great entrepreneurs. His flair, charisma and wonderful life stories and experiences made him such enjoyable company, and he was always so generous in offering advice and encouragement. A lovely man, a true gentleman and a very sad loss.      He will have inspired so many people in the world of aviation and business generally.

Jamie Roche, Jamie Roche Public Relations

     RIP Chris. Thanks your industry achievements! Many may have forgotten already, but Air Foyle was instrumental in getting easyJet off the ground. In its first years of operation the Orange airline operated under the AOCs of Air Foyle and GB Airways (ironically, later absorbed by EZY). Wise move by stelios haji-ioannou at the time.

Stijn Vandermoere, Airline Pilot- easyJet