The former largest regional airline in Europe stopped flights
Flybe laid off almost 90% of the staff, it was transferred to external management. Passengers were offered discounts by other airlines. At the beginning of the covid-19 pandemicthe carrier has already faced bankruptcy,flights resumed in spring 2022
British carrier Flybe has canceled all flights and stopped selling tickets, the company said on Twitter. Passengers are advised not to go to the airport, but to check the airline's website or contact a travel agent, write BLOOMBERG and Sky News.
According to the latter, 277 out of 321 Flybe employees have already been fired, the remaining 44 are still employed. The airline has appointed a temporary administration.
The British Aviation Authority has offered discounts for Flybe passengers who were unable to use tickets on flights from other airlines.
Flybe operated scheduled flights from Heathrow (the largest international airport in London), Belfast and Birmingham to airports throughout the kingdom, as well as to Amsterdam and Geneva.
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Flybe was already placed under external management about three years ago - in March 2020, after the government refused to issue a £100 million loan to it. Management attributed the bankruptcy to the CORONAVIRUS pandemic, which affected fuel prices, volatility in the exchange rate and uncertainty in the air travel market.
At that time, Flybe was the largest independent airline in Europe, carrying about 8 million passengers a year between 81 airports in Britain and the rest of Europe.
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