Originally Posted by
kcockayne
Yes, the original ancestor of Flybe was Intra Airways. This airline was based in Jersey in the 70s but had no link to Jersey Airlines (which had been taken over by BUA). Intra was combined, eventually, with Spacegrand when Jack Walker owned both these airlines. The joint airline was named Jersey European, & then Flybe. Jersey Airlines eventually became BU(CI)A, then Air UK & KLM (UK).
I forgot to mention its spell as BIA.