The Acquisition will enable Flybe to benefit from committed strategic investment partners in terms of Cyrus, Stobart Group and Virgin Atlantic (through Connect Airways) and from an enhanced presence at London Heathrow Airport and Manchester Airport with potential to grow further in London Southend Airport.
From the offer document. We are only talking about MAN because the potential owners want an ‘enhanced presence’ there. They also want to grow at SEN, they also want a network carrier with Virgin Atlantic and they are also committed to regional flying. At the moment it is a confused strategy with the three partners seemingly having different objectives and all of them, at the moment, being included.