Originally Posted by
22/04
I think Flybe Is more vulnerable than many in the current political uncertainty. If Business travel is down and investment is down; and manufacturing is vulnerable, is provincial base means more impact is likely.
Does it run deeper than that? Is there a growing realisation that as BEA, and British Airways discovered, there is no money to be made out of connecting the regions of the UK by air. The best way forward may in fact be to make interlining arrangements with major carriers such as AF / KL and Lufthansa to feed into their hubs from UK regional airports, and retain just a few of the major domestics such as SOU, BHX and MAN to GLA / EDI and connecting Belfast to the main UK centres.
In essence cut back to the routes that they can and do make money on and can the rest - much smaller, slimmer operation, but one which does what shareholders want - makes profit and pays dividends!