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Business Travel


Sector Focus Airlines plug gaps after Flybe demise


Regional airlines have moved swiftly to replace services from Birmingham lost due to the collapse of Flybe. Two airlines have launched


services between Birmingham and Scotland, with Loganair announcing three daily services from the city to Aberdeen, along with a daily service to Inverness. And Eastern Airways has also


launched flights from Aberdeen to Birmingham. Nick Barton, CEO of Birmingham


Airport said: “This is great news and we thank these carriers for responding to the situation with Flybe to replace the capacity for Midlands’ customers. “It demonstrates that airlines


realise the strong Midlands market and we look forward to welcoming these new carriers to Birmingham in the coming weeks. We would reassure customers that we are continuing talks with other airlines to backfill the remaining Flybe capacity.” Birmingham Airport has also


announced that Guernsey airline Aurigny will replace Flybe as the carrier for Guernsey routes. The new Birmingham-Guernsey service will operate daily in the late


morning, initially excluding Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mark Darby, chief executive of


Aurigny, said: “We believe that maintaining Guernsey’s connectivity is key and with the collapse of flybe it is an unmissable opportunity for Aurigny to provide a valuable customer service while at the same time increasing our operation and improving our financial position. “Given that we are able to do this


with no increase in fixed costs and with aircraft, crew and a user-friendly booking system immediately available to us we hope that this will alleviate some travel concerns.”


Flybe was one of the biggest


carriers from Birmingham Airport, and its demise has threatened more than 2,000 jobs. It also operated dozens of UK


domestic routes that are not flown by other airlines, making it the largest carrier to fly out of some regional airports. The airline’s main hub was


Southampton, and it operated about 40 per cent of the UK’s regional flights, so it was particularly exposed to any problems in the domestic market. Flybe was bought by Connect Airways, a consortium of Cyrus


Capital Partners, Stobart Aviation, and Virgin Atlantic, for £2.8 million in February last year. This caused further problems for


the airline, with each partner wanting something different from the deal. Virgin wanted Flybe to feed more passengers onto its long haul flights, Stobart flies regional routes itself, and venture capitalist Cyrus simply wanted to make money out of its investment. For the struggling airline, the


final nail in the coffin was the onset of Covid-19, and it went into administration in early March, probably never to fly again.


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