Probably not of much interest but as someone who worked forJersey European Airways Ltd from the early years can add a bit of clarity. It had no connection in law or financially with Intra Airways. Intra did I think operate few aircraft with Jersey European on the side until they were shut down withI believe 160 plus violations of the ANO. Jersey European Airways Ltd was started by local businessman John Habin and others in Jersey in 1979. Theystarted with a mixture of EMB110, DHC6 and BN2 aircraft. Spacegrand was startedaround the same time as a means of utilising a company aircraft as an air taxiat Blackpool. This was owned by Walkersteel based at Blackburn which was primarilyowned by Jack Walker who lived on Jersey. In 1982/3 JEA arranged the purchaseof several DHC6 aircraft from Brymon Airways some of which went to Spacegrand.
JEA ventured into a F27 operation in 1983 which nearlycaused the financial collapse of the company when Jack Walker stepped in. TheF27 aircraft which never flew in service were disposed of to the US.
In early1984 the first SD3-30 was purchased from Canada and later 2 more were added andfleet split between Spacegrand and JEA. In 1985/6 the operations were brought together at Exeter under the direct management of Dave Mc Culloch who moved onin the 1990’s to become the first MD of Easyjet (before they had aircraft). The company had several different management changes during the 1990’s but whilstJack Walker owned the majority shareholding and lived on Jersey the named remained as Jersey European Airways Ltd owned by Walker Aviation Ltd. When he died in August 2000 the management changed the operating name to BritishEuropean. In 2002 the Flybe name was used.