{"id":141463,"date":"2023-01-29T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T13:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=141463"},"modified":"2023-10-10T12:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:44:33","slug":"flybe-disappearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/flybe-disappearance","title":{"rendered":"British air transport: Flybe disappears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flybe<\/strong> or not flybe? That's no longer the question since the British airline ceased operations. Before the covid crisis, Flybe was the UK's largest regional carrier<\/strong>. The carrier was even the main carrier in Birmingham, Belfast City Airport, Exeter <\/strong>or Southampton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its heyday, Flybe operated routes to around thirty British cities. It carried up to 9.5 million passengers in 2018. In France, the company operated flights to some twenty cities.<\/strong>These include Avignon, Bordeaux, Rennes, Nantes, Toulouse and La Rochelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid gave the carrier its first break. At the beginning of 2020, Flybe was placed in receivership.<\/a>. The carrier had been refused a \u00a3100 million loan by the British government to continue its operations. It then took a year for a new shareholder, linked to the American investment fund Cyrus Capital, to restart Flybe 2.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key player in regional transport<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The restructured airline offered 21 routes from Belfast City, Birmingham and London Heathrow in the United Kingdom, to Amsterdam <\/a>and Geneva<\/strong>. Around 2,500 passengers were due to fly with the airline on Saturday. According to figures from the CAA, the UK's civil aviation authority, around 75,000 passengers had their flights cancelled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CAA has published on its website a list of other airlines offering Flybe customers special fares<\/strong>. Prices range from \u00a329 to \u00a350 depending on the airline, excluding taxes. While the railway company LNER <\/strong>allowed Flybe passengers to use its trains free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\u00a0It's always sad to see an airline go into receivership. We know that Flybe's decision to cease operations will be distressing for all its employees and customers.<\/em>\" said Paul Smith, CAA's Director of Consumer Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n