News that Thyme Opco had purchased what was left of Flybe on Monday sent aviation commentators into overdrive, largely as it was so out of the blue. Ok, so there have been murmurings of a comeback for some time but they have just remained rumours, until now. Flybe’s administrators EY [read more]
Dublin, Ireland based Aviation maintenance company, Dublin Aerospace Group, has launched Exeter Aerospace in the former Flybe Maintenance Facility at Exeter Airport. The group already provides maintenance for Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 & A330 families at its site in Ireland but now aims to complement that with regional jet [read more]
Announcements by the UK’s largest budget airline Easyjet and European planemaker Airbus over the last 24 hours have meant that the UK aviation industry has 5,700 more jobs at risk. It made Tuesday 30th June the single worst day for job loss announcements since British Airways put 12,000 jobs at [read more]
CCTV images that have been been widely shared show the moment that ground staff lose control a former Flybe Dash 8 at Aberdeen Airport last tuesday. The aircraft apparently had no braking ability and the video shows ground staff desperately trying to stop the aircraft rolling forward before it collides [read more]
The first Airbus A220 built at the European Airframers Mobile, Alabama assembly line has completed its test flight. The first aircraft is destined for Delta Airlines and is the first to roll off the brand new assembly line which was only recently officially opened. Like the A320 assembly lines, parts [read more]
Build a Plane Northern Ireland Project (BAPNI) has got underway with the support of The Air League and Boeing who have funded the engine of the aircraft. The project will see groups from shared education partnerships across the country build a Sherwood Scout, a two-seater, high wing monoplane, which has [read more]
The UK Government has called in financial experts as they look to provide bailout loan to struggling regional airline Flybe rumoured to be in excess of £100m. According to Sky News financial restructuring experts, Alvarez & Marsal have been brought in to work out the terms of the deal for [read more]
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has confirmed it is sending a team to Liverpool Aiport (LPL/EGGP) after a private jet veered off the runway after landing earlier today. The aircraft, a Bombardier Global 6000, left the runway to the right after landing at the airport in rainy conditions. It [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) and Flybe (BE/BEE) have announced that they are entering into a new codeshare agreement which will allow customers to book flights via either airline. The deal comes 2 years after Flybe and Loganair ended their franchise agreement, something which sparked Loganair’s rapid growth as a leading regional airline [read more]
The Flybe name is set to disappear from airports in 2020 as new owners, Connect Airways Ltd, rebrand the airline as Virgin Connect. As we reported earlier this year, the new owners had always planned to rebrand the regional airline after rescuing it from near collapse and the new name [read more]
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