On Saturday, we reported on rumours that the administrators of collapsed UK regional airline Flybe were on the verge of selling the assets. The deal was confirmed this morning. Cyrus Capital, a 40% .....

19 Oct 202019 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

I know it seems crazy, given the current level of travel, but Sky News believes that Flybe may be rising from the ashes. The story is here. According to this report, the core financial investor when .....

18 Oct 202018 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Why did Flybe go into receivership?  Accountancy firm EY was appointed as administrator to regional airline Flybe when it collapsed on 5th March.  Flybe, as regular readers will know, had been .....

11 May 202011 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

If you thought the Flybe story was over, think again. The Telegraph reported on Sunday that EY, the administrator of Flybe, had opened talks with the Government over the nationalisation of the .....

30 Mar 202030 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

British Airways is the big winner from the collapse of Flybe as it has been given the 12 daily Summer slot pairs at Heathrow used by the airline. Given that Air New Zealand received £20m for its .....

11 Mar 202011 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

We wrote last week about how Loganair, Eastern and Blue Islands were stepping in to pick up various ex-Flybe routes. Aurigny, the small Channel Islands airline, has now announced that it will restart .....

10 Mar 202010 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

I don’t usually drop in external commentary, but I was sent this article from travel data and analytics group Cirium and I thought it was worth running.  There are a lot of ‘facts’ .....

5 Mar 20205 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

There are three pieces of good news today for ex-Flybe customers. Loganair to start flights on 16 ex-Flybe routes Scottish airline Loganair has announced that it will pick up 16 Flybe routes.  .....

5 Mar 20205 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Flybe has finally collapsed tonight, after the Government refused additional requests for emergency funding. The website went down around 10.45pm: And here is the official notice issued at Glasgow .....

4 Mar 20204 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 196 comments

There are three pieces of Virgin Atlantic news today: Virgin Atlantic adds a third weekly Havana service Havana appears to be playing an increasingly important part in the Virgin Atlantic route .....

20 Feb 202020 February 2020 by Rhys Jones • 48 comments

Here are some exclusive pictures of the new Virgin Atlantic A350 tray table! There is a lot to like about the new Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Suite which launched on the A350 last year.  Here is our .....

12 Feb 202012 February 2020 by Rob Burgess • 96 comments

With zero publicity, Flybe is launching a new route from London City to Luxembourg on 29th March. There will be three flights per day during the week, competing with the existing and well established .....

3 Feb 20203 February 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

We have, slowly, some proof that the integration of Flybe into the Virgin Atlantic schedules is beginning to gain traction. You can now book some – not all, but some – Flybe flights via .....

16 Jan 202016 January 2020 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

Flybe announced last night that it had agreed a deal with the Government to keep flying.  All flights are operating as scheduled and the company should hopefully have enough liquidity now to get .....

15 Jan 202015 January 2020 by Rhys Jones • Leave a comment