Originally Posted by
jijpc
Yes they did have a base on the IOM with three Q400s. These aircraft operated to LGW, MAN, LPL, BHX and LTN/JER. When they sold their Gatwick slots to EasyJet the IOM base was scaled back and then closed in 2016. Isle of Man services have been operated by FlyBe liveried Stobart ATR72-500s for the last few years.
The Stobart ATR72-500s ACMI lease arrangement is being terminated and FlyBe are re-opening a base at Ronaldsway with 2 Q400s which will operate weekdays to MAN (5 x daily) LPL (4 x daily) and BHX (1 x daily) with reduced frequencies at weekends.
I think they actually had 4 based Q400’s for a while, one went not long after ezy started serving the iom and the third was to go when lgw finished leaving only enough work for two based aircraft, but the base closed at the same time as lgw finished and lpl,man,bhx were operated by man and bhx based aircraft nightstopping until Stobart took over
The bhx services after March 2019 appear to be being operated by a bhx based aircraft