9th December 1933
Jersey Airways is founded
Jersey Airways flew its first commercial flight between Jersey and Portsmouth on 18 December 1933, just nine days after it was founded by Walter Thurgood. However, air transport was still in its infancy and the de Havilland Dragon aircraft that it operated had to land on and take off from the beach at St Aubin. Jersey Airport wouldn’t open for another four years, but was requisitioned for military use during the occupation, bringing commercial air travel to a pause.
The airline’s name disappeared in 1947 when the British government nationalised all airlines within its domain, and Jersey Airways was subsumed into British European Airways.
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Other events that occured in December
Finnish au pair is murdered in St Clement
- Tuula Hoeoek was murdered in Jersey on New Year's Eve 1966. Several decades later, police were still trying to solve the case.
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Jersey lifeboat crew performs a daring rescue
- The crew of Jersey's lifeboat rescued the crew of the Norwegian yacht Festina Lente in good visibility but rough seas.
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Jersey-born Commissioner of Singapore dies
- Jersey-born Arthur de la Mare was Commissioner of Singapore at the point the country gained its independence from Britain.
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Maurice Gould is deported to Europe
- Maurice Gould and two friends tried to escape from Jersey during the Occupation. However, they were caught and deported to Europe.
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