1wizards sleeve wrote: » What happens to future flights. Any money back
cson wrote: » That's a massive blow to NOC, based on Wikipedia info they flew 100k pax through there in 2018 which would represent 16% of annual passengers (from 2017). That's 54 Dash 8's hitting the market too so I'd imagine lease rates for those will plummet.
Terrontress wrote: » Look at the departures board for Belfast City Airport. If they’re not careful, they could follow Flybe into administration.
Noxegon wrote: » Southampton Airport is even worse.
Van.Bosch wrote: » Dub SOU will be a big gap - EI regional?
Terrontress wrote: » What will happen to codeshare flights operated by other airlines? I see someone called Blue Islands operating flights with BE flight numbers.
The Nal wrote: » So do I get a refund now for my September flights to Southampton or see if the routes are picked up?
Loganair wrote: LOGANAIR STEPS IN TO SAFEGUARD UK AIR ROUTES AFTER FLYBE COLLAPSE Glasgow, 5 March 2020 Loganair, Scotland’s Airline, has reacted to the closure of Flybe by announcing plans to safeguard UK regional connectivity by taking up 16 routes formerly flown by Flybe. The airline will be adding nearly 400 new flights each week and has opened a special recruitment line for former Flybe employees seeking to continuing their aviation careers with Loganair. The 16 routes – from existing Loganair base airports at Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Newcastle – will be launched progressively over the next four months. Flights on the first and largest group of these key air routes will commence as early as Monday 16 March. All flights are already on sale at www.loganair.co.uk and via travel agent systems. The routes are: Route between Flights commence Lead in fare One-way Outline of Loganair service Aberdeen & Belfast City 16 March £ 49.99 Daily ERJ service Aberdeen & Birmingham 16 March £ 57.99 Up to 3 x daily ERJ service Aberdeen & Jersey 09 May £ 79.99 Saturday ATR72 service Aberdeen & Manchester 16 March £ 57.99 4 x daily ERJ service More seats with 4x daily ATR72 service from 1 September Edinburgh & Cardiff 23 March £ 49.99 Daily ERJ service More flights with 10 x weekly ERJ from 1 September Edinburgh & Exeter 23 March £ 54.99 Daily ERJ service (excl Wed) More seats with daily ATR72 service from 6 July Edinburgh & Manchester 23 March £ 49.99 Up to 4 x daily ERJ service Edinburgh & Newquay 20 June £ 69.99 2 x weekly AT7 service Edinburgh & Southampton 15 June £ 54.99 Up to 4 x daily AT7 service Glasgow & Exeter 30 March £ 54.99 Daily ERJ service More seats with daily ATR72 service from 6 July Glasgow & Southampton 30 March £ 54.99 3 x daily ERJ service More flights & seats with 4 x daily ATR72 service from 6 July Inverness & Belfast City 23 March £ 49.99 Daily Saab 340 service Inverness & Birmingham 16 March £ 54.99 4 x weekly ERJ service More flights with daily ERJ service from 23 March Inverness & Jersey 30 May £ 79.99 Saturday ATR72 service Newcastle & Exeter 6 July £ 54.99 Daily ERJ service Newcastle & Southampton 23 March £ 54.99 3 x daily ERJ service [Aircraft – ERJ is an Embraer Regional Jet with 49 or 37 seats; AT7 is an ATR72 with 70 seats; SF3 is a Saab 340 with 33 seats.] All Loganair fares include a free hold baggage allowance, allocated seating and in-flight refreshments. Loganair is also one of few UK airlines to offer discounted fares for children and a free baggage allowance for infants, even if travelling on a parent’s lap. Loganair’s Chief Executive Jonathan Hinkles said: “The collapse of a long-standing airline like Flybe marks a desperately sad day, especially for the airline’s dedicated team of employees and for customers facing disruption to their journeys. By stepping in quickly with a comprehensive plan, Loganair is aiming to maintain essential air connectivity within the UK regions to keep customers flying, and to offer new employment to former Flybe staff members who are facing an uncertain future today.” Customers formerly booked on Flybe services on the same routes will need to make new bookings at www.loganair.co.uk, and obtain a refund via their payment card provider for tickets booked with Flybe. In common with all other airlines, Loganair has no access to Flybe systems or customer data to be able to facilitate re-bookings.
Muahahaha wrote: » Are Ryanair likely to fill any of their routes or is this too small a fish for them
A Dub in Glasgo wrote: » Good news for the Scottish airports
JCX BXC wrote: » Some possibly, however likely will be very few if any.
Van.Bosch wrote: » Where are they getting the aircraft to do that so quick? Leases or are they getting ex Flybe aircraft?
Inquitus wrote: » Aye most of the Flybe fleet are Bombardier Dash 8 Q400c's seating less than 100 passengers, unless the route has multiple daily flights or extremely high load factors, it's hard to see how a Ryanair 737NG could run most of Flybe's routes profitably given most of FR's 737-800's seat 186 odd.
PinOnTheRight wrote: » Ryanair have pretty much got rid of all their UK domestic routes, blaming it on APD / unprofitable market / anything else under the sun. I can’t see them returning to it, particularly given the circumstances right now. Belfast City’s runway is more than adequate for the 738 on domestic routes and when they did operate there previously, the initial passenger cap was quickly scrapped and they filled the aircraft as performance wasn’t an issue for short sectors. Loganair have undergone massive expansion in the last two years. They went from having no jets to 20 ERJs in 18 months, and are still finding their way with them. They’ll have been well aware of Flybe’s problems and already looked into what profitable routes they could operate should BEE go bust, hence have managed to act so quickly in releasing details. The 16 routes all start within the next four months, with stepping up frequencies and aircraft changes as the fleet changes continue.
