A lot of talk over the last couple of weeks of the non-appearance of NQY-LHR which was due to be put back on sale last week. Though on an equal basis it’s not clear why a continuity PSO route couldn’t have been put on sale with the rest of the routes.
Also it’s been highlighted here about the future running of the airline given there are effectively two HQs. And that one of the stated objectives was to develop a stronger SEN network.
Perhaps I’m being optimistic but maybe an administration is to ditch the Exeter HQ and more easily get out of any routes and leases that are surplus to requirements, run the whole thing from Dublin. This is no consolation to the staff affected but would at least salvage some jobs rather than an all-out collapse.
There are one or two things that point to this - eg the NQY PSO issue (getting it transferred to the new entity or switched to SEN rather than re-tendering) and that there is quite an expanded SEN schedule which would otherwise compete with themselves at LCY