Originally Posted by
PDXCWL45
If they don't survive then that will be a massive blow to a lot of airports and a lot of routes won't be replaced, the likes of Ryanair, Easyjet and BA aren't going to replace the connectivity that Flybe provide across the UK.
The obvious first step (and one I think they've already started to take) is a root and branch cull of unprofitable or marginal routes, and radical slimming down of the fleet to ensure they aren't carrying too much equipment to service the slimmed down route network.
If this is done you'll see whinges on this very forum from "airport fans" from Aberdeen to Newquay complaining bitterly that FlyBe has betrayed / abandoned or any one of heaven knows how many other adjectives because route or routes have been culled from their favourite airport.
If the worst were to happen, and I sincerely hope we are a long way from that, then new carriers would come on to the profitable routes ,and marginal ones would go by the wayside - so the end result would be the same. All airports on the network would suffer, but probably the bigger bases like MAN, BHX and SOU would suffer less than some others, perhaps like CWL, DSA, and EXT - not naming them specifically, just using them as examples.