FLYBE FLIES AGAIN: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE REVIVED UK AIRLINE
Written by sidhanta
Written by sidhanta
On 5 March 2020, the UK’s largest regional airline collapsed. Flybe was mired in debt. A rescue consortium led by Virgin Atlantic,
Having pumped in £100m and seen it disappear, concluded there was no hope of turning the airline around and pulled the plug.
Despite collapsing in March 2020, what was formerly the UK’s largest regional airline, Flybe, will be recommencing flights from 13 April 2022.
The first service will fly from Birmingham to Belfast, with 22 more routes planned.So where will the revamped and revived carrier be flying?
A significant point about two of these routes, Leeds Bradford-Heathrow and Amsterdam-East Midlands, is that Flybe does not have aircraft or crew based at any of those airports.
To serve them, the carrier will fly a so-called W-pattern. For example, it will fly Birmingham-Amsterdam-East Midlands-Amsterdam-Birmingham.
Typically £30 one-way on most routes, or £50 from much higher-cost London Heathrow. The French routes are far more expensive: Southampton-Avignon on 30 July is £157.
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